dyslexia
/(ˌ)dɪsˈlɛk.si.ə/
dyslexia noun: a learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.
Noun
dyslexia (countable and uncountable, plural dyslexias)
- A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.
- Synonyms:
- word-blindness
dyslexia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dyslexia in Hindi
- डिस्लेक्सिया, डिस्लेक्सीया
dyslexia in Tamil
- learning disability
- டிஸ்லெக்சியா ṭislekciyā
dyslexia in Marathi
- डिस्लेक्सिया, डिस्लेक्सीया, डिसलेक्सिया
dyslexia in Urdu
- ڈسلیکسیا, ڈیسلیکسیا, ڈائیسیلیکسیا
More languagesFewer languages
- dyslexia in Bengali
- ডিসলেক্সিয়া, ডিস্লেক্সিয়া
- dyslexia in Telugu
- డైస్లెక్సియా, డిస్లెక్సియా
- dyslexia in Malayalam
- ഡിസ്ലെക്സിയ, ഡൈസ്ലെക്സിയ, ഡിസ്ലക്സിയ
- dyslexia in Kannada
- ಪದಕುರುಡು, ಪದಾಂಧತೆ, ಓದುವುದರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ
- dyslexia in Punjabi
- ਡਿਸਲੇਕਸੀਆ ḍislekasīā
- dyslexia in Gujarati
- ડિસ્લેક્સીયા, ડિસ્લેક્સીઆ, ડિસલેક્સીયા
- dyslexia in Odia
- ଡିସଲେକ୍ସିଆ, ଡିସ୍ଲେକ୍ସିଆ
- dyslexia in Nepali
- डिस्लेक्सिया, डिसलेक्सिया, डिस्लेक्सीया
- dyslexia in Arabic
- عُسْرُ ٱلْقِرَاءَة ʕusru l-qirāʔa
- dyslexia in Malay
- disleksia
- dyslexia in Indonesian
- disleksia
- dyslexia in Vietnamese
- chứng khó đọc
Synonyms of dyslexia
Antonyms
Forms of dyslexia
| plural | dyslexias |
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Origin of dyslexia
Learned borrowing from French dyslexie and/or German Dyslexie, coined by German ophthalmologist Rudolf Berlin in 1887, from dys- + lexis + -ia, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + λέξις (léxis, “diction”, “word”), from Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to collect, gather; to speak”). The term was coined with λέξις (léxis) being taken to mean "reading," likely due to semantic conflation of Greek λέγω (légō, “to speak”) and Latin legō (“to read”). By surface analysis, dys- + lex(is) + -ia.
Words formed from dyslexia
- dyslexia-friendly
Questions about dyslexia
- What does dyslexia mean?
- Dyslexia means a learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.
- What is dyslexia in Hindi?
- Dyslexia in Hindi is डिस्लेक्सिया, डिस्लेक्सीया. See Dyslexia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dyslexia?
- Dyslexia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dyslexia?
- Dyslexia is pronounced /(ˌ)dɪsˈlɛk.si.ə/.
- What is the plural of dyslexia?
- The plural of dyslexia is dyslexias.
Words near dyslexia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dyslexia (page history and authors); dyslexia (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dyslexia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dyslexia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
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