Meanings
plural hay fevers · alternative hay-fever · alternative hayfever
- uncountableusuallyimmunologyAn allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
Synonyms: allergic rhinitis, hay asthma, hay cold, pollinosis, rose fever
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
First attested by John Bostock in 1819. The smell of hay in the summer was thought to be the origin of the condition.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hooikoors
- hooikoorsallergy to pollen
Basque errinitis alergikoa
- errinitis alergikoaallergy to pollen
Bulgarian сенна треска
- сенна треска (senna treska)allergy to pollen
Chinese Mandarin 枯草熱 /枯草热, 花粉症
- 枯草熱 /枯草热 (kūcǎorè)allergy to pollen
- 花粉症 (huāfěnzhèng)allergy to pollen
- 花粉熱 /花粉热 (huāfěnrè)allergy to pollen
Czech senná rýma
- senná rýmaallergy to pollen
Danish høfeber
- høfeberallergy to pollen
Dutch hooikoorts
- hooikoortsallergy to pollen
Esperanto fojnokataro
- fojnokataroallergy to pollen
Finnish heinänuha
- heinänuhaallergy to pollen
French rhume des foins
- rhume des foinsallergy to pollen
German Heuschnupfen, Pollenallergie
- Heuschnupfenallergy to pollen
- Pollenallergieallergy to pollen
Hebrew קדחת השחת
- קדחת השחת (kadákhat hashákhat)allergy to pollen
Hungarian szénanátha
- szénanáthaallergy to pollen
Icelandic heymæði
- heymæðiallergy to pollen
Irish slaghdán teaspaigh
- slaghdán teaspaighallergy to pollen
Italian raffreddore da fieno, febbre da fieno
- raffreddore da fienoallergy to pollen
- febbre da fienoallergy to pollen
- pollinosiallergy to pollen
Japanese 花粉症
- 花粉症 (kafunshō)allergy to pollen
Latvian siena drudzis
- siena drudzisallergy to pollen
Māori ihu pāwera
- ihu pāweraallergy to pollen
Norwegian Bokmål høysnue
- høysnueallergy to pollen
Polish katar sienny, pyłkowica
- katar siennyallergy to pollen
- pyłkowicaallergy to pollen
Portuguese febre de feno
- febre de fenoallergy to pollen
Russian сенна́я лихора́дка
- сенна́я лихора́дка (sennája lixorádka)allergy to pollen
Scottish Gaelic am fiabhras-feòir
- am fiabhras-feòirallergy to pollen
Spanish fiebre del heno
- fiebre del henoallergy to pollen
Swedish hösnuva
- hösnuvaallergy to pollen
Thai ไข้ละอองฟาง
- ไข้ละอองฟางallergy to pollen
Turkish saman nezlesi
- saman nezlesiallergy to pollen
Ukrainian поліно́з, сінна́ гаря́чка
- поліно́з (polinóz)allergy to pollen
- сінна́ гаря́чка (sinná harjáčka)allergy to pollen
Welsh clefyd y gwair
- clefyd y gwairallergy to pollen
Cite this entry
hay fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hay%20fever
“hay fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hay%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hay fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hay%20fever.
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