bubonic plague

/bjuːˈbɒ.nɪkˌpleɪɡ/

bubonic plague noun: a contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.

Noun

bubonic plague (countable and uncountable, plural bubonic plagues)

A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.

bubonic plague meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Odia

bubonic plague in Tamil

அரையாப்புப் பிளேக்கு

bubonic plague in Bengali

disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis: বিউবনিক প্লেগ biubonik pleg

bubonic plague in Gujarati

bubonic plague: ગાંઠિયો તાવ gā̃ṭhiyo tāv

bubonic plague in Odia

disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis: ବୁବୋନିକ୍ ପ୍ଲେଗ୍ bubonik pleg

More languagesFewer languages

bubonic plague in Indonesian: pes bubo
bubonic plague in Persian: طاعُونِ خیارَکِی
bubonic plague in Myanmar: ဘင်နာ bhangna, ပလိပ် pa.lip

Forms of bubonic plague

plural	bubonic plagues

Questions about bubonic plague

What does bubonic plague mean?: Bubonic plague means a contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.
What is bubonic plague in Tamil?: Bubonic plague in Tamil is அரையாப்புப் பிளேக்கு. See Bubonic plague meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bubonic plague?: Bubonic plague is a noun.
How do you pronounce bubonic plague?: Bubonic plague is pronounced /bjuːˈbɒ.nɪkˌpleɪɡ/.
What is the plural of bubonic plague?: The plural of bubonic plague is bubonic plagues.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bubonic plague (page history and authors); bubonic plague (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ગાંઠિયો તાવ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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