gonorrhoea

See also: gonorrhœa

English

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Noun

gonorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural gonorrhoeas)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of gonorrhea

Latin

Etymology

Originally Late Latin, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡo.norˈroe̯.a/, [ɡɔnɔrˈroe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡo.norˈre.a/, [ɡonorˈrɛːä]

Noun

gonorrhoea f (genitive gonorrhoeae); first declension

1. (New Latin) gonorrhea

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gonorrhoea	gonorrhoeae
genitive	gonorrhoeae	gonorrhoeārum
dative	gonorrhoeae	gonorrhoeīs
accusative	gonorrhoeam	gonorrhoeās
ablative	gonorrhoeā	gonorrhoeīs
vocative	gonorrhoea	gonorrhoeae

Descendants

• English: gonorrhea
• Italian: gonorrea
• Portuguese: gonorreia
• Sicilian: camurria

References

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