# dengue
## English
### Etymology

From West Indian Spanish dengue in 1828, from the Kiswahili term dinga (in full kidingapopo or kidinga pepo, "a kind of sudden cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit", dinga itself meaning sudden cramp-like seizure). The borrowed term changed to dengue in Spanish due to this word existing in Spanish with the meaning "fastidiousness" and the folk etymology referring to the dislike of movement by affected patients of chikungunya which was also reffered to as dengue until the first half of the 20th century.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈdɛŋɡi/, /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛŋɡi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (India) IPA: /ˈɖɛŋɡi/, /ˈɖɛŋɡu/
* (Philippines) IPA: /ˈɖɛŋɡɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛŋɡi, (General American) -ɛŋɡeɪ

### Noun

dengue (usually uncountable, plural dengues)
* An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

#### Synonyms

* breakbone fever
* dandy fever
* dengue fever

#### Derived terms

* antidengue
* dengoid
* dengue hemorrhagic fever
* dengue shock syndrome

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ dengue in Oxford Dictionaries
* ↑ Scott B. Halstead, Reappearance of Chikungunya, Formerly Called Dengue, in the Americas, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015

### Further reading

* dengue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Dungee, unedge

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛŋ.ɡeː/, /ˈdɛŋ.ɡə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: den‧gue

### Noun

dengue f (uncountable)
* (medicine, jargon) dengue, febrile disease caused by the Dengue virus [from late 19th c.]
    Synonym: knokkelkoorts

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: dengue

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛ̃ɡ/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: dingue, dingues

### Noun

dengue f (plural dengues)
* (pathology) dengue

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* duègne

## Galician
### Etymology

Unknown. Attested since 1840.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛŋɡɪ], (NW) [ˈdɛŋkɪ]

### Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)
* (clothing) kind of cape which, worn as a jacket, is part of the traditional women's attire of Galicia and Asturias

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dengue”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dengue”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dengue”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch dengue, from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

### Pronunciation

* (standard, irregular) IPA: [ˈdeŋɡe] (as if spelled dénggé)
* Rhymes: -ɡe, -e
* Hyphenation: de‧ngue

### Noun

dengue (uncountable)
* (medicine, pathology) dengue: an acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

#### Alternative forms

* dénggé
* dénggi (Standard Malay)

### Further reading

* “dengue” 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.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdẽ.ɡi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdẽ.ɡi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdẽ.ɡe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdẽ.ɡɨ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish dengue.

#### Noun

dengue f (plural dengues)
* (pathology) dengue (disease)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)
* tantrum

##### Derived terms

* dengo
* denguice

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdenɡe/ [ˈd̪ẽŋ.ɡe]
* Rhymes: -enɡe
* Syllabification: den‧gue

### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

#### Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)
* dengue (disease)

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)
* playacting (overdramatic behaviour)

##### Derived terms

* dengoso

### Further reading

* “dengue”, 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