malaria

1. (countable, uncountable) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈlɛə.ɹi.ə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).

Synonyms

fever

🤒

ague

chill

cold

🥶

swamp fever

paludism

plump

quartan

shudder

wart

have fever

malaria tropical disease

chills and fever

mosquito fever

pestilential pathogen

fever and chills

cough

emaciated

heat

malarial fever

Translations

paludisme

malaria

malaria

Malaria

malária

malaria

malaria

paludismo

malaria

ελονοσία

malària

ملاريا

sıtma

Sumpffieber

paludisme