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disease

/dɪˈziz/dih-ZEEZ
/dɪˈziz/dih-ZEEZ

Meaninglack of ease

Common meaning: an illness

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchdesaisesource
  2. Middle Englishdisesesource
  3. Englishdisease‘an illness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French desaise ‘lack of ease’.

Roots

  • desaise Old French “lack of ease”

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