hondsdolheid

Meaning

rabies, a very contagious disease cause by species of Lyssavirus, spread from canines (including foxes), and certain other animals to humans

Concepts

rabies

hydrophobia

lyssa

canine madness

Synonyms

dolheid

hevigheid

rabies

razernij

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Translations

Tollwut

rage

😡

raiva

💢

rabia

😡

rabbia

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λύσσα

ràbia

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kuduz

داء الكلب

Zahnschmerzen

Sucht

Wut

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rabies, em, e

rabies

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɦɔntsˈdɔl.ɦɛi̯t/

Etymology

From hond (“dog, canine”) + -s- + dolheid (“madness, frenzy”). First mentioned by Lodewijk Meyer as hondtsdolheidt in 1669, attested since the early eighteenth century.