The World Health Organization (WHO) lists the Nipah virus as a developing disease that could cause a global pandemic. Ebola and Zika are also on this list.
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Pandemic
//pænˈdɛmɪk//
Synonyms for "pandemic" (85 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
124 translations across 75 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- pandemie noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Albanian
1 entries- pandemi noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Arabic
2 entries- جَائِحَة adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- جَائِحَة noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Armenian
2 entries- համավարակ noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- պանդեմիա noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- pandemik adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemiya noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Basque
1 entries- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Belarusian
2 entries- пандэмі́чны adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- пандэмі́я noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Bengali
1 entries- অতিমারী noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Brazilian Portuguese
1 entries- pandêmico adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пандемичен adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- панде́мия noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Catalan
2 entries- pandèmic adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandèmia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Chinese
1 entries- 瘟疫 noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 瘟疫 noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 大流行 adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- 瘟疫 adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- 大流行病 noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- 瘟疫 noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Czech
2 entries- pandemický adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemie noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Danish
2 entries- pandemisk adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemi noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Dutch
1 entries- pandemie noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Esperanto
1 entries- pandemio noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Estonian
1 entries- pandeemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
European Portuguese
1 entries- pandémico adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
Faroese
1 entries- heimsfarsótt noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Finnish
2 entries- pandeeminen adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
French
2 entries- pandémique adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandémie noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Galician
2 entries- pandémico adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Georgian
1 entries- პანდემია noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
German
2 entries- pandemisch adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- Pandemie noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Greek
2 entries- πανδημικός adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- πανδημία noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Hebrew
1 entries- פַּנְדֶּמְיָה noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Hindi
2 entries- सर्वव्यापी महामारी adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- महामारी noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Hungarian
4 entries- pandémia adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- világjárvány adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandémia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- világjárvány noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Icelandic
2 entries- heimsfaraldur adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- heimsfaraldur noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Indonesian
1 entries- pandemi noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Irish
1 entries- paindéim noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Italian
2 entries- pandemico adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Japanese
1 entries- パンデミック noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Kazakh
2 entries- пандемия noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- індет noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Khmer
1 entries- ជំងឺរាតត្បាត noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Korean
2 entries- 범유행 noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- 팬데믹 noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- пандемия noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Ladino
1 entries- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Latvian
1 entries- pandēmija noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pandeminis adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemija noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Macedonian
2 entries- панде́мичен adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- панде́мија noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Malay
1 entries- pandemik noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Maltese
1 entries- pandemija noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- pandemisk adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemi noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- pandemisk adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemi noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Occitan
2 entries- pandemic adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Persian
4 entries- دنیاگیر adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- دنیاگیری noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- همهگیر noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- همهگیری جهانی noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Polish
2 entries- pandemiczny adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Portuguese
1 entries- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Romanian
2 entries- pandemic adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemie noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Russian
2 entries- пандеми́ческий adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- пандеми́я noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pandèmija noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- пандѐмија noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Sicilian
2 entries- pannìmicu adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pannimìa noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Slovak
2 entries- pandemický adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandémia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Slovene
1 entries- pandemija noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Spanish
2 entries- pandémico adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Swahili
1 entries- pandemia noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Swedish
2 entries- pandemisk adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemi noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Tagalog
1 entries- pandemya noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Tajik
1 entries- пандемия noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Tamil
1 entries- பெருந்தொற்று noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Tatar
1 entries- пандемия noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Telugu
1 entries- మహామ్మారి adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
Thai
2 entries- ระบาดทั่ว adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- โรคระบาดทั่ว noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- pandemik adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
Turkish
3 entries- dayık adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemi adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- pandemi noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Turkmen
1 entries- pandemiýa noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Ukrainian
3 entries- пандемі́чний adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- панде́мія noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- пандемі́я noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Urdu
2 entries- عالمگیر وبا noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
- عالمی وبا noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Uzbek
1 entries- pandemiya noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Vietnamese
2 entries- (thuộc) đại dịch adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- đại dịch noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Welsh
1 entries- pandemig adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּאַנדעמיש adj (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)
- פּאַנדעמיע noun (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
Tom is afraid of the pandemic.
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The World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbreak does not yet fit the criterion for a pandemic — but warns a pandemic is possible and nations should prepare.
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European officials say they fear the spread could quickly develop into a pandemic.
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