Meanings
nounrinderpest (usually uncountable, plural rinderpests)
plural rinderpests
- uncountableusuallyAn eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
Similar
Broader
animal disease
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Origin
- GermanRinderpest
- GermanRinderpest
- Englishrinderpest
Borrowed from German Rinderpest (“cattle plague”).
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans runderpes
- runderpesdisease
Bulgarian чума по добитъка
- чума по добитъка (čuma po dobităka)disease
Chinese Mandarin 牛瘟
- 牛瘟 (niúwēn)disease
Dutch runderpest
- runderpestdisease
Estonian veiste katk
- veiste katkdisease
Finnish karjarutto
- karjaruttodisease
French peste bovine
- peste bovinedisease
German Rinderpest
- Rinderpestdisease
Malay rinderpes
- rinderpesdisease
Polish księgosusz, pomór bydła
- księgosuszdisease
- pomór bydładisease
Portuguese peste bovina
- peste bovinadisease
Russian падёж, чума́ рогатого скота
- падёж (padjóž)disease
- чума́ рогатого скота (čumá rogatovo skota)disease
Spanish peste bovina
- peste bovinadisease
Swedish boskapspest
- boskapspestdisease
Tamil வெக்கை, பெருநோய்
- வெக்கை (vekkai)disease
- பெருநோய் (perunōy)disease
- பிச்சைநோவு (piccainōvu)disease
Vietnamese bệnh rinderpest, dịch tả trâu bò
- bệnh rinderpestdisease
- dịch tả trâu bòdisease
Cite this entry
APA
rinderpest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rinderpest
MLA
“rinderpest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rinderpest. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rinderpest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rinderpest.
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