# malaria
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə

### Noun

malaria (countable and uncountable, plural malarias)
* (pathology) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
    Synonyms: ague, (archaic) paludism
* (archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
    Synonym: miasma
** 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 149:The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.

#### Derived terms

* airport malaria
* antimalarial
* falciparum malaria
* knowlesi malaria
* malarial
* malaria mosquito
* vivax malaria

#### Translations
### Further reading

* malaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Danish
### Etymology

From Italian malaria.

### Noun

malaria c (singular definite malariaen, not used in plural form)
* (pathology) malaria

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

### Noun

malaria f (uncountable)
* malaria

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Hindustani: maláriyá

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑlɑriɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝lɑ̝ˌriɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

### Noun

malaria
* malaria
    Synonym: horkka

#### Declension

Possessive forms of malaria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
malariani
malariani
accusative
nom.
malariani
malariani
gen.
malariani
genitive
malariani
malarioideni malarioitteni malariaini $^{rare}$
partitive
malariaani
malarioitani
inessive
malariassani
malarioissani
elative
malariastani
malarioistani
illative
malariaani
malarioihini
adessive
malariallani
malarioillani
ablative
malarialtani
malarioiltani
allative
malarialleni
malarioilleni
essive
malarianani
malarioinani
translative
malariakseni
malarioikseni
abessive
malariattani
malarioittani
instructive
comitative
—malarioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
malariasi
malariasi
accusative
nom.
malariasi
malariasi
gen.
malariasi
genitive
malariasi
malarioidesi malarioittesi malariaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
malariaasi
malarioitasi
inessive
malariassasi
malarioissasi
elative
malariastasi
malarioistasi
illative
malariaasi
malarioihisi
adessive
malariallasi
malarioillasi
ablative
malarialtasi
malarioiltasi
allative
malariallesi
malarioillesi
essive
malarianasi
malarioinasi
translative
malariaksesi
malarioiksesi
abessive
malariattasi
malarioittasi
instructive
comitative
—malarioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
malariamme
malariamme
accusative
nom.
malariamme
malariamme
gen.
malariamme
genitive
malariamme
malarioidemme malarioittemme malariaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
malariaamme
malarioitamme
inessive
malariassamme
malarioissamme
elative
malariastamme
malarioistamme
illative
malariaamme
malarioihimme
adessive
malariallamme
malarioillamme
ablative
malarialtamme
malarioiltamme
allative
malariallemme
malarioillemme
essive
malarianamme
malarioinamme
translative
malariaksemme
malarioiksemme
abessive
malariattamme
malarioittamme
instructive
comitative
—malarioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
malarianne
malarianne
accusative
nom.
malarianne
malarianne
gen.
malarianne
genitive
malarianne
malarioidenne malarioittenne malariainne $^{rare}$
partitive
malariaanne
malarioitanne
inessive
malariassanne
malarioissanne
elative
malariastanne
malarioistanne
illative
malariaanne
malarioihinne
adessive
malariallanne
malarioillanne
ablative
malarialtanne
malarioiltanne
allative
malariallenne
malarioillenne
essive
malariananne
malarioinanne
translative
malariaksenne
malarioiksenne
abessive
malariattanne
malarioittanne
instructive
comitative
—malarioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
malariansa
malariansa
accusative
nom.
malariansa
malariansa
gen.
malariansa
genitive
malariansa
malarioidensa malarioittensa malariainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
malariaansa
malarioitaan malarioitansa
inessive
malariassaan malariassansa
malarioissaan malarioissansa
elative
malariastaan malariastansa
malarioistaan malarioistansa
illative
malariaansa
malarioihinsa
adessive
malariallaan malariallansa
malarioillaan malarioillansa
ablative
malarialtaan malarialtansa
malarioiltaan malarioiltansa
allative
malarialleen malariallensa
malarioilleen malarioillensa
essive
malarianaan malarianansa
malarioinaan malarioinansa
translative
malariakseen malariaksensa
malarioikseen malarioiksensa
abessive
malariattaan malariattansa
malarioittaan malarioittansa
instructive
comitative
—malarioineen malarioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* malarialoinen
* malariasääski

### Further reading

* “malaria”, 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 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Maalari, maalari

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.la.ʁja/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)
* malaria
    Synonym: paludisme

### Further reading

* “malaria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* alarmai

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch malaria, from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maˈlaria̯]
* Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

### Noun

malaria (plural malaria-malaria)
* (pathology, medicine) malaria, a disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

### Further reading

* “malaria” 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.

## Interlingua
### Noun

malaria (uncountable)
* malaria

## Italian
### Etymology

From mal- (“bad”) +‎ aria (“air”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈla.rja/
* Rhymes: -arja
* Hyphenation: ma‧là‧ria

### Noun

malaria f (plural malarie)
* (pathology) malaria

#### Derived terms

* malarico

### Anagrams

* alamari

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /maˈla.ri.a/, [mäˈɫ̪äriä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /maˈla.ri.a/, [mäˈläːriä]

### Noun

malaria f (genitive malariae); first declension
* (New Latin) malaria

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Italian mala aria.

### Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)
* malaria

### References

* “malaria” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Italian mala aria.

### Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)
* malaria

### References

* “malaria” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈla.rja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arja
* Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

### Noun

malaria f
* malaria
    Synonyms: febra, zimnica

#### Derived terms

* malaryczny

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈlaɾja/ [maˈla.ɾja]
* Rhymes: -aɾja
* Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

### Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)
* malaria
    Synonym: paludismo

### Further reading

* “malaria”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

From English malaria.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

malaria class IX (plural malaria class X)
* malaria

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma¹lɑːrɪa/, [ma¹l̪ɑ̹ːrɪa]

### Noun

malaria c (uncountable)
* malaria

#### See also

* kinin
* mygga

### References

* malaria in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* malaria in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* malaria in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English malaria.

### Noun

malaria
* malaria