syphilis
/ˈsɪfɪlɪs/
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uncommon/ˈsɪflɪs/
syphilis noun: a disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
Noun
syphilis (uncountable)
- A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
- I saw a film the other day about syphilis. Ugh! It was too awful. I couldn't let a man touch me for a week. Is it true you can get it from kissing?1972, Jay Presson Allen, Cabaret, spoken by Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli)
- Synonyms:
- cardboard box, Cupid's disease, French disease, French gout, French pox, great-pox, ladies' fever, leprosy, lues, lues venerea
syphilis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
syphilis in Hindi
- sexual disease caused by Treponema pallidum
- उपदंश updañś
syphilis in Tamil
- மேகப் புண், மேகநோய், சிவிலிசு நோய், கிரந்தி, சிவிலிசு
syphilis in Marathi
- सिफिलीस, सिफिलिस, उपदंश
syphilis in Urdu
- sexual disease caused by Treponema pallidum
- آتشک ātiśak
More languagesFewer languages
- syphilis in Bengali
- সিফিলিস, সিফলিস
- syphilis in Telugu
- సిఫిలిస్, సిఫలిస్
- syphilis in Malayalam
- സിഫിലിസ്, സിഫലിസ്
- syphilis in Kannada
- ಸಿಫಿಲಿಸ್, ಸಿಫಲಿಸ್, ಉಪದಂಶ
- syphilis in Punjabi
- ਆਤਸ਼ਕ ātaśak
- syphilis in Gujarati
- સિફિલિસ, સિફિલીસ, ઉપદંશ
- syphilis in Odia
- ସିଫିଲିସ୍, ସିଫିଲିସ, ସିଫଲିସ୍
- syphilis in Nepali
- सिफिलिस, सिफलिस, उपदंश
- syphilis in Arabic
- زُهَرِيّ zuhariyy, مَرَض فِرَنْجِيّ maraḍ firanjiyy, اَلاِفْرَنْجِيّ al-ifranjiyy
- syphilis in Malay
- penyakit raja singa
- syphilis in Indonesian
- raja singa, sifilis, lues
- syphilis in Vietnamese
- giang mai
- Dhivehi
- ސިފިލިސް sifilis
Examples of syphilis in a sentence
- The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
- That one-night stand that some tramp gave him is a gift that keeps on giving — he's had syphilis for years now.
- His writing about the shattering nature of syphilis is both devastating and a bit sly.
Synonyms of syphilis
- cardboard box
- French disease
- syph
- Cupid's disease
- French gout
- French pox
- great-pox
- ladies' fever
- leprosy
- lues
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of syphilis
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Origin of syphilis
From New Latin syphilis, originally the title of a poem, circa 1530, by Girolamo Fracastoro concerning “Syphilus”, a shepherd boy who insulted the Greek god Apollo and was punished by that god with a horrible disease. Syphilis in the Old World began circa 1495. More in Wikipedia at History of syphilis.
Words formed from syphilis
Questions about syphilis
- What does syphilis mean?
- Syphilis means a disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
- What is syphilis in Hindi?
- Syphilis in Hindi is उपदंश (updañś). See Syphilis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is syphilis?
- Syphilis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce syphilis?
- Syphilis is pronounced /ˈsɪfɪlɪs/.
Words near syphilis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: syphilis (page history and authors); syphilis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); syphilis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syphilis (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syphilis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syphilis (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syphilis (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syphilis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syphilis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syphilis (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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