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plague meaning in Tamil

கொள்ளைநோய்

/pleɪɡ//plɛɡ/

plague in Tamil: கொள்ளைநோய், எலி, கொள்ளை நோய், கோமாரி. In English, plague means the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

Tamil words for plague

கொள்ளைநோய், எலி, கொள்ளை நோய், கோமாரி, மனிதன், பிளேக்கு

English meaning of plague

  1. noun The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
  2. noun An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but especially that caused by the above disease.
  3. noun A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
  4. noun A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.

Full definition of plague

plague in a sentence

  • Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
  • Bart is an utter plague; his pranks never cease.
  • Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.

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Questions about plague in Tamil

What is the meaning of plague in Tamil?
Plague in Tamil is கொள்ளைநோய், எலி, கொள்ளை நோய், கோமாரி.
plague என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Plague: கொள்ளைநோய், எலி, கொள்ளை நோய், கோமாரி.
What does plague mean in English?
Plague means the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: plague (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: plague (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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