dengue fever

UK/ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə/US/ˈdɛŋɡiː ˈfiːvɚ/US/ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvɚ/

noun

An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

Similar
breakbone feverdenguedandy fever
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Meanings

noundengue fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

    Synonyms: breakbone fever

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

Similar
breakbone fever

More synonyms by meaning

nounan infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

Similar
denguedandy feverbreakbone fever
Broader
infectious disease
Also see
breakbonebreakbone feverdandy feverdengue

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 登革熱 /登革热
  • 登革熱 /登革热 (dang¹ gaak³ jit⁶)disease
Chinese Mandarin 登革熱 /登革热, 骨痛熱症 /骨痛热症
  • 登革熱 /登革热 (dēnggérè)disease
  • 骨痛熱症 /骨痛热症 (gǔtòngrèzhèng)disease
Dutch dengue
  • denguedisease
Finnish denguekuume
  • denguekuumedisease
French dengue
  • denguedisease
German Denguefieber
  • Denguefieberdisease
Greek δάγκειος πυρετός
  • δάγκειος πυρετός (dágkeios pyretós)disease
Hawaiian dengue mai kuni
  • dengue mai kunidisease
Hebrew קַדַּחַת דָּנגִי
  • קַדַּחַת דָּנגִי (kadákhat dangi)disease
Hungarian dengue-láz
  • dengue-lázdisease
Indonesian demam berdarah Dengue, DBD
  • demam berdarah Denguedisease
  • DBDdisease
  • denguedisease
Irish deinge
  • deingedisease
Italian dengue
  • denguedisease
Japanese デング熱
  • デング熱 (dengu-netsu)disease
Korean 뎅기열
  • 뎅기열 (denggiyeol)disease
Latvian denge
  • dengedisease
Polish denga
  • dengadisease
Portuguese dengue
  • denguedisease
Russian лихора́дка де́нге
  • лихора́дка де́нге (lixorádka dɛ́ngɛ)disease
Spanish dengue
  • denguedisease
Swedish denguefeber
  • denguefeberdisease
Thai ไข้เลือดออก
  • ไข้เลือดออก (kâi-lʉ̂ʉat-ɔ̀ɔk)disease
Yiddish דענג היץ
  • דענג היץdisease
Cite this entry
APA

dengue fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dengue%20fever

MLA

“dengue fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dengue%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dengue fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dengue%20fever.

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