typhus
/ˈtaɪfəs/TIGH-fuhs
/ˈtaɪfəs/TIGH-fuhs
Meaninga dazed (fever)
Common meaning: a fever causing stupor
- typhsmoke; a dazed stateLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 825 · scan
- usLatin noun ending
Journey through time
- Greekτῦφος‘smoke’
- Latintyphus
- Englishtyphus‘a fever causing stupor’ · today
typh also in: typhoon
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek τῦφος ‘smoke; a dazed state’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τῦφος, p. 825 · dictionary scan
Roots
- τῦφος Greek “smoke; a dazed state”
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