# herpes
## English

Wikispecies

### Etymology

From Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈhɜː(ɹ).piz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈhɚ.piz/

### Noun

herpes (countable and uncountable, plural herpeses)
* (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or in the mucous membranes or on the genitals.
** 2017 June 24, Arti Patel, “Dating with an STI: 7 ways to navigate the (often harsh) dating world”, in Global News‎:This, of course, is something only people with that STI would know. For example, herpes is 437737.

#### Synonyms

* herpes simplex; Human herpesvirus 1, Human herpesvirus 2,

#### Hyponyms

* herpes simplex
* herpes zoster

#### Derived terms

* 437737
* genital herpes
* herpe
* herpes angina
* herpes gladiatorum
* herpes simplex virus
* space herpes

#### Related terms

* herpetology (“the branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians”)

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “herpes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “herpes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “herpes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

## Asturian
### Noun

herpes
* plural of herpe

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛr.pəs]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈeɾ.pes]

### Noun

herpes m (invariable)
* herpes

#### Derived terms

* herpes zòster

### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦɛrpɛs]

### Noun

herpes m inan
* herpes
    Synonym: opar

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “herpes”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “herpes”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “herpes”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Noun

herpes
* herpes

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English herpes), ultimately from Latin herpēs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈherpes/, [ˈhe̞rpe̞s̠]
* Rhymes: -erpes
* Hyphenation: her‧pes

### Noun

herpes
* herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of herpes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
herpekseni
accusative
nom.
herpekseni
gen.
herpekseni
genitive
herpekseni
partitive
herpestäni
inessive
herpeksessäni
elative
herpeksestäni
illative
herpekseeni
adessive
herpekselläni
ablative
herpekseltäni
allative
herpekselleni
essive
herpeksenäni
translative
herpeksekseni
abessive
herpeksettäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
herpeksesi
accusative
nom.
herpeksesi
gen.
herpeksesi
genitive
herpeksesi
partitive
herpestäsi
inessive
herpeksessäsi
elative
herpeksestäsi
illative
herpekseesi
adessive
herpekselläsi
ablative
herpekseltäsi
allative
herpeksellesi
essive
herpeksenäsi
translative
herpekseksesi
abessive
herpeksettäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
herpeksemme
accusative
nom.
herpeksemme
gen.
herpeksemme
genitive
herpeksemme
partitive
herpestämme
inessive
herpeksessämme
elative
herpeksestämme
illative
herpekseemme
adessive
herpeksellämme
ablative
herpekseltämme
allative
herpeksellemme
essive
herpeksenämme
translative
herpekseksemme
abessive
herpeksettämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
herpeksenne
accusative
nom.
herpeksenne
gen.
herpeksenne
genitive
herpeksenne
partitive
herpestänne
inessive
herpeksessänne
elative
herpeksestänne
illative
herpekseenne
adessive
herpeksellänne
ablative
herpekseltänne
allative
herpeksellenne
essive
herpeksenänne
translative
herpekseksenne
abessive
herpeksettänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
herpeksensä
accusative
nom.
herpeksensä
gen.
herpeksensä
genitive
herpeksensä
partitive
herpestään herpestänsä
inessive
herpeksessään herpeksessänsä
elative
herpeksestään herpeksestänsä
illative
herpekseensä
adessive
herpeksellään herpeksellänsä
ablative
herpekseltään herpekseltänsä
allative
herpekselleen herpeksellensä
essive
herpeksenään herpeksenänsä
translative
herpeksekseen herpekseksensä
abessive
herpeksettään herpeksettänsä
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* genitaaliherpes
* herpesvirus
* huuliherpes
* sukuelinherpes

### Further reading

* “herpes”, 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

## Greenlandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

### Noun

herpes
* herpes
** 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
    Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈhɛrpɛs/ [ˈhɛr.pɛs]
* Rhymes: -ɛrpɛs
* Syllabification: her‧pes

### Noun

herpes (plural herpes-herpes)
* (medicine) herpes: A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or in the mucous membranes or on the genitals.

#### Derived terms

* herpes alat kelamin
* herpes genital
* herpes labialis
* herpes mulut
* herpes neonatal
* herpes okular
* herpes oral
* herpes simpleks
* herpes simpleks genital
* herpes stomatitis
* herpes zoster

### Further reading

* “herpes” 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
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛr.pes/

### Noun

herpes m
* herpes

#### Synonyms

* (rare) erpete

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈher.peːs/, [ˈhɛrpeːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈer.pes/, [ˈɛrpes]

### Noun

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension
* herpes
* an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛʁ.pis/ [ˈɛh.pis]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛʁ.pis/ [ˈɛh.pis]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈɛɾ.pis/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɛʁ.piʃ/ [ˈɛχ.piʃ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛɻ.pes/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛɾ.pɨʃ/
* Hyphenation: her‧pes

### Noun

herpes m or f (invariable)
* (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French herpès, from Latin herpes.

### Noun

herpes n (plural herpesuri)
* herpes

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɾpes/ [ˈeɾ.pes]
* Rhymes: -eɾpes
* Syllabification: her‧pes

### Noun

herpes m (plural herpes)
* herpes
* cold sore
    Synonym: calentura

### Further reading

* “herpes”, 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

## Swedish
### Noun

herpes c
* herpes

### References

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