# angina
## English
### Etymology

From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə/, /ænˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪnə

### Noun

angina (countable and uncountable, plural anginas)
* (medicine, loosely) Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
** (medicine, usually strictly) Ellipsis of angina pectoris (“chest pain of cardiac origin”).
* (medicine, dated) An inflammatory infection of the throat, especially quinsy; any sore throat, with or without tooth and gum involvement.
    Hyponyms: Ludwig's angina, Vincent's angina, Plaut-Vincent angina

#### Usage notes

Although the use of angina as a shorthand for angina pectoris is common and accepted by most dictionaries, it may be considered imprecise or improper by some medical practitioners.

#### Derived terms

* anginal
* anginalike
* angina Ludovici
* angina pectoris
* angina rheumatica
* angina tonsillaris
* anginiform
* anginoid
* anginous
* antiangina
* antianginal
* atenolol
* herpes angina
* Ludwig's angina
* nonanginal
* pectoral angina
* Plaut-Vincent angina
* postanginal
* Prinzmetal's angina
* Vincent's angina

#### Translations
### References

* 1 2 Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "angina, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1884.
* “angina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “angina”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Gianna, inanga

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əɲˈʒi.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aɲˈd͡ʒi.na]

### Noun

angina f (plural angines)
* (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑŋˈɣi.naː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

### Noun

angina f (plural angina's or anginae)
* angina

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: angina

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin angina (“choking, suffocation”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒŋɡinɒ]
* Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

### Noun

angina (usually uncountable, plural anginák)
* (medicine, cardiology) angina, angina pectoris (intermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia)
    Synonym: angina pectoris

#### Derived terms

* anginás
* anginázik

### Further reading

* angina in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch angina, from Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaŋina]
* Hyphenation: angi‧na

### Noun

angina (plural angina-angina)
* (pathology) angina:
** an inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy
** (cardiology) short for angina pektoris (“angina pectoris”).

#### Derived terms

* angina mikrovaskular
* angina pektoris
* angina refrakter
* angina vasospastik

### Further reading

* “angina” 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.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγχόνη (ankhónē, “strangling”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈan.ɡi.na/, [ˈäŋɡɪnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈan.d͡ʒi.na/, [ˈän̠ʲd͡ʒinä]

### Noun

angina f (genitive anginae); first declension
* choking, suffocation
* quinsy, tonsillitis

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: angina
* → Dutch: angina
* → English: angina
* → French: angine
* → Galician: anxina
* → German: Angina
* → Italian: angina
* Norwegian:
** → Norwegian Bokmål: angina
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: angina
* → Polish: angina
* → Portuguese: angina
* → Serbo-Croatian: angína, анги́на
* → Spanish: angina
* → Ukrainian: ангі́на (anhína)

### References

* “angina” on page 129/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

## Maori
### Noun

angina
* death

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin angina.

### Noun

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer, definite plural anginaene)
* (pathology) angina

### References

* “angina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “angina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

### Anagrams

* aninga

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin angina.

### Noun

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer or anginaar, definite plural anginaene or anginaane)
* (pathology) angina

### References

* “angina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin angina. First attested in 1680–1689.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aŋˈɡi.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: an‧gi‧na

### Noun

angina f
* (pathology) tonsillitis

#### Collocations

* nieleczona/niewyleczona angina ― untreated tonsillitis
* przebyta angina ― past tonsillitis
* paskudna angina ― nasty tonsillitis
* przewlekła angina ― chronic tonsillitis
* częste anginy ― frequent tonsillitides
* zwykła angina ― common tonsillitis
* ciężka angina ― severe tonsillitis
* ostra angina ― acute tonsillitis
* angina ropna ― purulent tonsillitis
* angina bakteryjna ― bacterial tonsillitis
* angina wirusowa ― viral tonsillitis
* chorować/zachorować na anginę ― to be/get sick with tonsillitis
* leczyć/wyleczyć anginę ― to treat/cure tonsillitis
* złapać anginę ― to catch tonsillitis
* mieć anginę ― to have tonsillitis
* dostać anginy ― to get tonsillitis
* przechodzić/przejść anginę ― to go through tonsillitis
* powodować/spowodować anginę ― to cause tonsillitis
* stwierdzić anginę ― to diagnose tonsillitis
* angina zmogła/dopadła kogoś ― angina got someone

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “angina”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Krystyna Siekierska (20.11.2007) “ANGINA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

### Further reading

* angina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* angina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 37

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin angina.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈʒĩ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈʒĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈʒi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈʒi.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

### Noun

angina f (plural anginas)
* (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

### Further reading

* “angina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

### Noun

angína f (Cyrillic spelling анги́на)
* angina
* (pathology) tonsillitis

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anˈxina/ [ãŋˈxi.na]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: an‧gi‧na

### Noun

angina f (plural anginas)
* (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

#### Derived terms

* angina de pecho

### Further reading

* “angina”, 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