lepra

See also: Lepra

English

Etymology

From Latin lepra (“psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Koine Greek λέπρα (lépra, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, suffix forming adjectives). The shift of sense from psoriasis to Hansen's disease occurred in large part from the use of λέπρα (lépra) to translate Hebrew צרעת (“tzaraath”) in the Septuagint and its subsequent use in the New Testament and Late Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛprə/

Noun

lepra (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) Synonym of leprosy.
   • 1914, Henry Weightman Stelwagon, Treatise on Diseases of the Skin, 7th edition, page 914:

     Lepra is an endemic, chronic, malignant, constitutional disease, due to a specific bacillus.

2. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of psoriasis.
   • 1864, William Tilbury Fox, Skin Diseases, page 43:

     Lepra and psoriasis are identical, though the two names are retained.

3. (botany, rare, obsolete) Any layer of algae, lichens, or other substance producing a leprosylike appearance on the surfaces of plants.
   • 1805, translation of Karl Ludwig Willdenow as The Principles of Botany and of Vegetable Physiology, p. 344:

     Lepra is frequently met with on the trunks, especially of young trees.

Derived terms

• lepra Arabica
• lepra bacillus
• lepra cell
• lepra colony
• lepra Graeca
• lepraphobia
• lepra reaction

 

References

• “lepra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• “lepra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• APLer, Alper, Pearl, paler, parle, pearl, repla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lepra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈle.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈle.pɾa]

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy

   Synonym: llebrosia

Related terms

• leprós

Further reading

• “lepra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lepra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “lepra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lepra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlepra/

Noun

lepra f (plural lepre)

1. Alternative form of levra

References

• “levra, leura, lepra, levura, lefra, levru” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpra]
• Rhymes: -pra
• Hyphenation: le‧p‧ra

Noun

lepra f

1. leprosy

Declension

Declension of lepra (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	lepry
genitive	lepry	leper
dative	lepře	leprám
accusative	lepru	lepry
vocative	lepro	lepry
locative	lepře	leprách
instrumental	leprou	leprami

Derived terms

• lepromatózní
• leprosarium
• leprosárium
• lepróza

 

Anagrams

• perla
• raple

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: le‧pra

Noun

lepra m (uncountable)

1. leprosy

Synonyms

• melaatsheid

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: léprah

Anagrams

• parel

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish lepra, ultimately from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleprɑ/, [ˈle̞prɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eprɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lep‧ra

Noun

lepra

1. (pathology) leprosy

Declension

Inflection of lepra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		lepra	—
genitive		lepran	—
partitive		lepraa	—
illative		lepraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		lepra	—
accusative	nom.	lepra	—
	gen.	lepran
genitive		lepran	—
partitive		lepraa	—
inessive		leprassa	—
elative		leprasta	—
illative		lepraan	—
adessive		lepralla	—
ablative		lepralta	—
allative		lepralle	—
essive		leprana	—
translative		lepraksi	—
abessive		lepratta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lepra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative leprani — accusative nom. leprani — gen. leprani genitive leprani — partitive lepraani — inessive leprassani — elative leprastani — illative lepraani — adessive leprallani — ablative lepraltani — allative lepralleni — essive lepranani — translative leprakseni — abessive leprattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative leprasi — accusative nom. leprasi — gen. leprasi genitive leprasi — partitive lepraasi — inessive leprassasi — elative leprastasi — illative lepraasi — adessive leprallasi — ablative lepraltasi — allative leprallesi — essive lepranasi — translative lepraksesi — abessive leprattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lepramme — accusative nom. lepramme — gen. lepramme genitive lepramme — partitive lepraamme — inessive leprassamme — elative leprastamme — illative lepraamme — adessive leprallamme — ablative lepraltamme — allative leprallemme — essive lepranamme — translative lepraksemme — abessive leprattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lepranne — accusative nom. lepranne — gen. lepranne genitive lepranne — partitive lepraanne — inessive leprassanne — elative leprastanne — illative lepraanne — adessive leprallanne — ablative lepraltanne — allative leprallenne — essive leprananne — translative lepraksenne — abessive leprattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative lepransa — accusative nom. lepransa — gen. lepransa genitive lepransa — partitive lepraansa — inessive leprassaan leprassansa — elative leprastaan leprastansa — illative lepraansa — adessive leprallaan leprallansa — ablative lepraltaan lepraltansa — allative lepralleen leprallensa — essive lepranaan lepranansa — translative leprakseen lepraksensa — abessive leprattaan leprattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Hansenin tauti
• spitaali

See also

• spitaalinen

Further reading

• “lepra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Hungarian

Etymology

From New Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛprɒ]
• Hyphenation: lep‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Adjective

lepra (comparative leprább, superlative legleprább)

1. (slang) stinking (very bad)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	leprák
accusative	leprát	leprákat
dative	leprának	lepráknak
instrumental	leprával	leprákkal
causal-final	lepráért	leprákért
translative	leprává	leprákká
terminative	lepráig	leprákig
essive-formal	lepraként	leprákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	leprában	leprákban
superessive	leprán	leprákon
adessive	lepránál	lepráknál
illative	leprába	leprákba
sublative	leprára	leprákra
allative	leprához	leprákhoz
elative	leprából	leprákból
delative	lepráról	leprákról
ablative	leprától	lepráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	lepráé	lepráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lepráéi	leprákéi

Noun

lepra (plural leprák)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	leprák
accusative	leprát	leprákat
dative	leprának	lepráknak
instrumental	leprával	leprákkal
causal-final	lepráért	leprákért
translative	leprává	leprákká
terminative	lepráig	leprákig
essive-formal	lepraként	leprákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	leprában	leprákban
superessive	leprán	leprákon
adessive	lepránál	lepráknál
illative	leprába	leprákba
sublative	leprára	leprákra
allative	leprához	leprákhoz
elative	leprából	leprákból
delative	lepráról	leprákról
ablative	leprától	lepráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	lepráé	lepráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lepráéi	leprákéi

Possessive forms of lepra
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	leprám	lepráim
2nd person sing.	leprád	lepráid
3rd person sing.	leprája	leprái
1st person plural	lepránk	lepráink
2nd person plural	leprátok	lepráitok
3rd person plural	leprájuk	lepráik

Derived terms

• leprás

 

Further reading

• lepra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lepra, ultimately from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛpra/
• Hyphenation: lep‧ra

Noun

lepra (first-person possessive lepraku, second-person possessive lepramu, third-person possessive lepranya)

1. leprosy

   Synonyms: abras, kusta, taiko

Further reading

• “lepra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

lepra f (plural lepre)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of lebbra

Anagrams

• perla

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek λέπρα (lépra, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pra/, [ˈɫ̪ɛprä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pra/, [ˈlɛːprä]

Noun

lepra f (genitive leprae); first declension

1. psoriasis, similar skin disorders
2. (Late Latin) leprosy

Usage notes

This word is usually plural in Classical Latin, but primarily used in the singular in Late Latin.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	leprae
genitive	leprae	leprārum
dative	leprae	leprīs
accusative	lepram	leprās
ablative	leprā	leprīs
vocative	lepra	leprae

Derived terms

• leprōsus

Descendants

• Catalan: lepra
• English: lepra
• Galician: lepra
• Italian: lebbra
• Occitan: lepra
• Portuguese: lepra
• Russian: лепра (lepra)
• Spanish: lepra

References

• “lepra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lepra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛpra
• Syllabification: le‧pra

Noun

lepra f

1. leprosy

Declension

Declension of lepra

	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	lepry
genitive	lepry	lepr
dative	leprze	leprom
accusative	leprę	lepry
instrumental	leprą	leprami
locative	leprze	leprach
vocative	lepro	lepry

Further reading

• lepra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lepra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lepra (“leprosy”), from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”), from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛpɾɐ

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

   Synonyms: mal de Hansen, morfeia, hanseniase

Related terms

• leprologia
• leprologista
• leprólogo
• leproma
• leprosaria
• leprosário
• leproso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlepɾa/ [ˈle.pɾa]
• Rhymes: -epɾa
• Syllabification: le‧pra

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy

Related terms

• leproso

 

Further reading

• “lepra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10