dengue
Meaning of dengue
noun
a debilitating viral disease of the tropics, transmitted by mosquitoes, and causing sudden fever and acute pains in the joints.
early 19th century: from West Indian Spanish, from Kiswahili dinga (in full kidingapopo ), influenced by Spanish dengue ‘fastidiousness’ (with reference to the dislike of movement by affected patients).
Information about dengue
- It is a name.
- The plural form of dengue is: dengues.
- Languages in which dengue is used:
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Hyphenation of dengue
dengue
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- dengue is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of dengue
Words that rhyme with dengue
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