# lepra
## English
### Etymology

From Latin lepra (“psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Koine Greek λέπρα (lépra, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, suffix forming adjectives). The shift of sense from psoriasis to Hansen's disease occurred in large part from the use of λέπρα (lépra) to translate Hebrew צרעת (“tzaraath”) in the Septuagint and its subsequent use in the New Testament and Late Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛprə/

### Noun

lepra (uncountable)
* (medicine, archaic) Synonym of leprosy.
** 1914, Henry Weightman Stelwagon, Treatise on Diseases of the Skin, 7th edition, page 914:Lepra is an endemic, chronic, malignant, constitutional disease, due to a specific bacillus.
* (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of psoriasis.
** 1864, William Tilbury Fox, Skin Diseases, page 43:Lepra and psoriasis are identical, though the two names are retained.
* (botany, rare, obsolete) Any layer of algae, lichens, or other substance producing a leprosylike appearance on the surfaces of plants.
** 1805, translation of Karl Ludwig Willdenow as The Principles of Botany and of Vegetable Physiology, p. 344:
    Lepra is frequently met with on the trunks, especially of young trees.

#### Derived terms

* lepra Arabica
* lepra bacillus
* lepra cell
* lepra colony
* lepra Graeca
* lepraphobia
* lepra reaction

### References

* “lepra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
* “lepra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* APLer, Alper, Pearl, paler, parle, pearl, repla

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lepra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈle.pɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈle.pɾa]

### Noun

lepra f (uncountable)
* leprosy
    Synonym: llebrosia

#### Related terms

* leprós

### Further reading

* “lepra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “lepra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “lepra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “lepra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlepra/

### Noun

lepra f (plural lepre)
* Alternative form of levra

### References

* “levra, leura, lepra, levura, lefra, levru” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛpra]
* Rhymes: -pra
* Hyphenation: le‧p‧ra

### Noun

lepra f
* leprosy

#### Derived terms

* lepromatózní
* leprosarium
* leprosárium
* lepróza

### Anagrams

* perla
* raple

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: le‧pra

### Noun

lepra m (uncountable)
* leprosy

#### Synonyms

* melaatsheid

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: léprah

### Anagrams

* parel

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish lepra, ultimately from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleprɑ/, [ˈle̞prɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eprɑ
* Hyphenation: lep‧ra

### Noun

lepra
* (pathology) leprosy

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lepra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leprani
accusative
nom.
leprani
gen.
leprani
genitive
leprani
partitive
lepraani
inessive
leprassani
elative
leprastani
illative
lepraani
adessive
leprallani
ablative
lepraltani
allative
lepralleni
essive
lepranani
translative
leprakseni
abessive
leprattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leprasi
accusative
nom.
leprasi
gen.
leprasi
genitive
leprasi
partitive
lepraasi
inessive
leprassasi
elative
leprastasi
illative
lepraasi
adessive
leprallasi
ablative
lepraltasi
allative
leprallesi
essive
lepranasi
translative
lepraksesi
abessive
leprattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lepramme
accusative
nom.
lepramme
gen.
lepramme
genitive
lepramme
partitive
lepraamme
inessive
leprassamme
elative
leprastamme
illative
lepraamme
adessive
leprallamme
ablative
lepraltamme
allative
leprallemme
essive
lepranamme
translative
lepraksemme
abessive
leprattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lepranne
accusative
nom.
lepranne
gen.
lepranne
genitive
lepranne
partitive
lepraanne
inessive
leprassanne
elative
leprastanne
illative
lepraanne
adessive
leprallanne
ablative
lepraltanne
allative
leprallenne
essive
leprananne
translative
lepraksenne
abessive
leprattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lepransa
accusative
nom.
lepransa
gen.
lepransa
genitive
lepransa
partitive
lepraansa
inessive
leprassaan leprassansa
elative
leprastaan leprastansa
illative
lepraansa
adessive
leprallaan leprallansa
ablative
lepraltaan lepraltansa
allative
lepralleen leprallensa
essive
lepranaan lepranansa
translative
leprakseen lepraksensa
abessive
leprattaan leprattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* Hansenin tauti
* spitaali

### See also

* spitaalinen

### Further reading

* “lepra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From New Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛprɒ]
* Hyphenation: lep‧ra
* Rhymes: -rɒ

### Adjective

lepra (comparative leprább, superlative legleprább)
* (slang) stinking (very bad)

#### Declension
### Noun

lepra (plural leprák)
* leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

#### Derived terms

* leprás

### Further reading

* lepra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch lepra, ultimately from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛpra/
* Hyphenation: lep‧ra

### Noun

lepra (uncountable)
* leprosy
    Synonyms: abras, kusta, taiko

### Further reading

* “lepra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Noun

lepra f (plural lepre)
* (archaic) Alternative form of lebbra

### Anagrams

* perla

## Latin
### Etymology

From Koine Greek λέπρα (lépra, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈle.pra/, [ˈɫ̪ɛprä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈle.pra/, [ˈlɛːprä]

### Noun

lepra f (genitive leprae); first declension
* psoriasis, similar skin disorders
* (Late Latin) leprosy

#### Usage notes

This word is usually plural in Classical Latin, but primarily used in the singular in Late Latin.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* leprōsus

#### Descendants

* Catalan: lepra
* English: lepra
* Galician: lepra
* Italian: lebbra
* Occitan: lepra
* Portuguese: lepra
* Russian: лепра (lepra)
* Spanish: lepra

### References

* “lepra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* lepra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.pra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛpra
* Syllabification: le‧pra

### Noun

lepra f
* leprosy

#### Declension
### Further reading

* lepra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lepra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin lepra (“leprosy”), from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”), from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛpɾɐ

### Noun

lepra f (uncountable)
* leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)
    Synonyms: mal de Hansen, morfeia, hanseniase

#### Related terms

* leprologia
* leprologista
* leprólogo
* leproma
* leprosaria
* leprosário
* leproso

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlepɾa/ [ˈle.pɾa]
* Rhymes: -epɾa
* Syllabification: le‧pra

### Noun

lepra f (uncountable)
* leprosy

#### Related terms

* leproso

### Further reading

* “lepra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10