Plague

//pleɪɡ//

Synonyms for "plague" (243 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Noun(2 words)
pestpestilence

Strong matches (73)

Noun(1 words)
faff

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used for

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Translations

277 translations across 76 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • murtajë noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • λοιμός noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • μάστιξ noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Arabic

2 entries
  • طَاعُون noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • طَاعُون noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Armenian

4 entries
  • աղետ noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • դժվախտություն noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • ժանտախտ noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • ժանտախտ noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qırğın noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • taun noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Basque

1 entries
  • izurrite noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • мор noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • чума́ noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্লেগ noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бедствие noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • мор noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • неприятност noun (a nuisance)
  • чума noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Catalan

4 entries
  • pesta noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pesta noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • plaga noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • plaga noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 疫癘 /疫疠 noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • 瘟疫 noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • 鼠疫 noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Czech

1 entries
  • mor noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Danish

3 entries
  • pest noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pestilens noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • plage noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Dutch

4 entries
  • ellende noun (a nuisance)
  • kwelling noun (a nuisance)
  • pest noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pest noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • bubona pesto noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pesto noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • plago noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Estonian

3 entries
  • katk noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • katk noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • rändtaud noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Faroese

4 entries
  • pest noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • pestur noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • plága noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • plága noun (a nuisance)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kulkutauti noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • riesa noun (a nuisance)
  • rutto noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • vitsaus noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

French

4 entries
  • calamité noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • calamité noun (a nuisance)
  • fléau noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • peste noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Galician

4 entries
  • a peste noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • a praga noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • praga noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • praga noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ჟამი noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • შავი ჭირი noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • ჭირი noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

German

4 entries
  • Geißel noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • Pest noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • Plage noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • Plage noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Greek

4 entries
  • επιδημία noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • λοιμός noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • μάστιγα noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • πανδημία noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • דֶּבֶר noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • מַגֵּפָה noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • מַכָּה noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ताऊन noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • प्लेग noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Hittite

1 entries
  • 𒄭𒅔𒃷 noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Hungarian

3 entries
  • csapás noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • járvány noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • pestis noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Icelandic

2 entries
  • plága noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • plága noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • cuma noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Irish

4 entries
  • plá noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • plá noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • plá noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • plá noun (a nuisance)

Italian

4 entries
  • calamità noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • peste noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pestilenza noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • piaga noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ペスト noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • 伝染 noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • 伝染病 noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • 厄介 noun (a nuisance)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • оба noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Khmer

3 entries
  • ប៉េស្ត noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • ពិសឆ្លង noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • រោគពិស noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Korean

1 entries
  • 페스트 noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • чума noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Latin

3 entries
  • clades noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • luēs noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • pestis noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Latvian

2 entries
  • mēris noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • sērga noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • maras noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Pescht noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Macedonian

4 entries
  • беда noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • епидемија noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • мор noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • напаст noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • тахал noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • тахал noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Māori

4 entries
  • mate urutā noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • urutā noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • mui verb (to harass)
  • pōrearea verb (to harass)

Norman

1 entries
  • mouôthinne noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • farsott noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • pest noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pest noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • pestepidemi noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • pest noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pest noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • pestepidemi noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Occitan

4 entries
  • plaga noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • plaga noun (a nuisance)
  • pèsta noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pèsta noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Old English

2 entries
  • wōl noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • wōl noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • خستهلق noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • طاعون noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • طاعون noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • وبا noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Persian

3 entries
  • بلا noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • طاعون noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • مرگامرگ noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • pest noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Polish

3 entries
  • dżuma noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • mangina noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • plaga noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • incómodo noun (a nuisance)
  • incômodo noun (a nuisance)
  • peste noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • peste noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Romanian

4 entries
  • ciumă noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • ciumă noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • pestă noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pestă noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Russian

4 entries
  • бе́дствие noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • беда́ noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • бич noun (widespread affliction, calamity)
  • казнь noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • plàigh noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • plàigh noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • plàigh noun (a nuisance)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • epidemija noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • kuga noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • куга noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Slovak

1 entries
  • mor noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Slovene

1 entries
  • kuga noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Spanish

4 entries
  • peste noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • plaga noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • plaga noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • plaga noun (a nuisance)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tauni noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Swedish

1 entries
  • pest noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Tagalog

1 entries
  • salot noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Tajik

2 entries
  • вабо noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • тоун noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Tatar

1 entries
  • чума noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Thai

1 entries
  • กาฬโรค noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Turkish

1 entries
  • veba noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gyrgyn noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • джу́ма noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • мертвя́чка noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • мір noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • чума́ noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Urdu

1 entries
  • طاعون noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Uyghur

2 entries
  • چۇما noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • ۋابا noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Uzbek

4 entries
  • chuma noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • oʻlat noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • toun noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • vabo noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bệnh dịch noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • dịch hạch noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • đại dịch noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)

Volapük

1 entries
  • tomod noun (widespread affliction, calamity)

Welsh

4 entries
  • haint y nodau noun (specific disease "the Plague")
  • pla noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • pla noun (a nuisance)
  • pla du noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Yiddish

2 entries
  • מגפה noun (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence)
  • פּעסט noun (specific disease "the Plague")

Sample sentences

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Rats carry the plague.

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More often than not, famine is accompanied by plague.

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The plague occurred that year.

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So far no less than 100 people have died of the plague.

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