meningitis

Language

See also: Meningitis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#MENINGITIS μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx) + -itisCategory:English terms suffixed with -itis#MENINGITIS, equivalent to meninge +‎ -itisCategory:English terms suffixed with -itis#MENINGITIS.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/Category:English 4-syllable words#MENINGITIS Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MENINGITIS
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Noun

meningitis (countable and uncountable, plural meningitides)Category:English lemmas#MENINGITIS Category:English nouns#MENINGITIS Category:English uncountable nouns#MENINGITIS Category:English countable nouns#MENINGITIS Category:English countable nouns#MENINGITIS Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#MENINGITIS Category:English entries with incorrect language header#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with entries#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with 4 entries#MENINGITIS

(pathology Category:en:Pathology#MENINGITIS) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.

Coordinate terms

encephalitis

Translations

inflammation of the meninges

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Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب سَحَايَا m (iltihāb saḥāyā)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#MENINGITIS
Armenian: մենինգիտ (hy) (meningit)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#MENINGITIS
Catalan: meningitis (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#MENINGITIS
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腦膜炎 / 脑膜炎 (zh) (nǎomóyán)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#MENINGITIS Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MENINGITIS
Czech: meningitida (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#MENINGITIS, zánět mozkových blan mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#MENINGITIS
Danish: hjernehindebetændelse cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#MENINGITIS, meningitis (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#MENINGITIS
Dutch: hersenvliesontsteking (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#MENINGITIS, meningitis (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#MENINGITIS, nekkramp (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#MENINGITIS (colloquial)
Esperanto: meningitoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#MENINGITIS
Finnish: aivokalvontulehdus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MENINGITIS, meningiitti (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MENINGITIS
French: méningite (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#MENINGITIS
Galician: meninxite (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#MENINGITIS
German: Hirnhautentzündung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#MENINGITIS, (medical) Meningitis (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#MENINGITIS
Greek: μηνιγγίτιδα (el) f (miningítida)Category:Terms with Greek translations#MENINGITIS
Hungarian: agyhártyagyulladás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MENINGITIS
Icelandic: heilahimnubólga (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MENINGITIS, mengisbólga (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MENINGITIS
Italian: meningite (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#MENINGITIS
Japanese: 髄膜炎 (ja) (ずいまくえん, zuimakuen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MENINGITIS
Kazakh: миқұрт (miqūrt)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#MENINGITIS
Korean: 뇌수막염(腦髓膜炎) (noesumagyeom)Category:Terms with Korean translations#MENINGITIS
Latvian: meningīts mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#MENINGITIS
Lithuanian: meningitas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#MENINGITIS
Macedonian: менингитис m (meningitis)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#MENINGITIS
Malayalam: മെനിഞ്ചൈറ്റിസ് (meniñcaiṟṟisŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#MENINGITIS
Māori: kiriuhi uakakāCategory:Terms with Māori translations#MENINGITIS, mate kiriuhi uakakāCategory:Terms with Māori translations#MENINGITIS
Marathi: मेंदुज्वर (mr) m (mendujvar)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#MENINGITIS, मस्तिष्कावरणशोथ (mr) m (mastiṣkāvraṇśoth)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#MENINGITIS
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjernehinnebetennelse mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#MENINGITIS, meningitt mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#MENINGITIS

Nynorsk: hjernehinnebetennelse mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#MENINGITIS, meningitt mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#MENINGITIS
Persian: مننژیت (fa) (menanžit)Category:Terms with Persian translations#MENINGITIS
Polish: zapalenie opon mózgowych (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MENINGITIS
Portuguese: meningite (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#MENINGITIS
Romanian: meningită (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#MENINGITIS
Russian: менинги́т (ru) m (meningít)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MENINGITIS
Scottish Gaelic: am fiabhras-eanchainne mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#MENINGITIS
Spanish: meningitis (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#MENINGITIS
Swahili: homa ya uti wa mgongoCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#MENINGITIS
Swedish: hjärnhinneinflammation (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MENINGITIS, meningit (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MENINGITIS
Tagalog: meninghitisCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#MENINGITIS
Thai: เยื่อหุ้มสมองอักเสบ (yʉ̂ʉa-hûm-sà-mɔ̌ɔng-àk-sèep)Category:Terms with Thai translations#MENINGITIS
Turkish: menenjit (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#MENINGITIS
Vietnamese: viêm màng nãoCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#MENINGITIS (炎𦛿腦Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#MENINGITIS)
Volapük: menenaflamatCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#MENINGITIS
Yoruba: yínrùnyínrùnCategory:Terms with Yoruba translations#MENINGITIS, lọ́rùnlọ́rùnCategory:Terms with Yoruba translations#MENINGITIS

Further reading

meningitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:en:Diseases#MENINGITIS

Catalan

Etymology

From meninge +‎ -itisCategory:Catalan terms suffixed with -itis#MENINGITIS.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.niɲˈʒi.tis]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#MENINGITIS

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.niɲˈd͡ʒi.tis]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#MENINGITIS
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
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Noun

meningitis f (invariable)Category:Catalan lemmas#MENINGITIS Category:Catalan nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Catalan countable nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Catalan indeclinable nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending#MENINGITIS Category:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#MENINGITIS Category:Catalan feminine nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with entries#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with 4 entries#MENINGITIS

(pathology Category:ca:Diseases#MENINGITIS) meningitis

Further reading

“meningitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Category:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#MENINGITIS μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx) + -ītisCategory:Latin terms suffixed with -itis#MENINGITIS.

Noun

mēningītis f (genitive mēningītidis)Category:Latin lemmas#MENINGITIS Category:Latin nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Latin third declension nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Latin feminine nouns in the third declension#MENINGITIS Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MENINGITIS Category:Latin feminine nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with entries#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with 4 entries#MENINGITIS; third declension

(New Latin Category:New Latin#MENINGITIS, pathology Category:la:Pathology#MENINGITIS) meningitis

Declension

Plural forms are rare.

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēningītis	mēningītidēs
genitive	mēningītidis	mēningītidum
dative	mēningītidī	mēningītidibus
accusative	mēningītidem	mēningītidēs
ablative	mēningītide	mēningītidibus
vocative	mēningītis	mēningītidēs

Spanish

Etymology

From meninge +‎ -itisCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -itis#MENINGITIS.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meninˈxitis/ [me.nĩŋˈxi.t̪is]Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#MENINGITIS Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#MENINGITIS
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
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Rhymes: -itis Category:Rhymes:Spanish/itis#MENINGITIS Category:Rhymes:Spanish/itis/4 syllables#MENINGITIS
Syllabification: me‧nin‧gi‧tis

Noun

meningitis f (plural meningitis)Category:Spanish lemmas#MENINGITIS Category:Spanish nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Spanish countable nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MENINGITIS Category:Spanish feminine nouns#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with entries#MENINGITIS Category:Pages with 4 entries#MENINGITIS

meningitis

Further reading

“meningitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Category:es:Diseases#MENINGITIS

Category:Catalan countable nouns Category:Catalan feminine nouns Category:Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending Category:Catalan indeclinable nouns Category:Catalan lemmas Category:Catalan nouns Category:Catalan terms suffixed with -itis Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation Category:English 4-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek Category:English terms suffixed with -itis Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English uncountable nouns Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Latin feminine nouns Category:Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Category:Latin lemmas Category:Latin nouns Category:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek Category:Latin terms suffixed with -itis Category:Latin third declension nouns Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Category:New Latin Category:Pages with 4 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:Spanish/itis Category:Rhymes:Spanish/itis/4 syllables Category:Spanish 4-syllable words Category:Spanish countable nouns Category:Spanish feminine nouns Category:Spanish lemmas Category:Spanish nouns Category:Spanish terms suffixed with -itis Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation Category:Terms with Arabic translations Category:Terms with Armenian translations Category:Terms with Catalan translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with Dutch translations Category:Terms with Esperanto translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with Galician translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Greek translations Category:Terms with Hungarian translations Category:Terms with Icelandic translations Category:Terms with Italian translations Category:Terms with Japanese translations Category:Terms with Kazakh translations Category:Terms with Korean translations Category:Terms with Latvian translations Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations Category:Terms with Macedonian translations Category:Terms with Malayalam translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Marathi translations Category:Terms with Māori translations Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Category:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Category:Terms with Persian translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Portuguese translations Category:Terms with Romanian translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Swahili translations Category:Terms with Swedish translations Category:Terms with Tagalog translations Category:Terms with Thai translations Category:Terms with Turkish translations Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations Category:Terms with Volapük translations Category:Terms with Yoruba translations Category:ca:Diseases Category:en:Diseases Category:en:Pathology Category:es:Diseases Category:la:Pathology