Definition
A spreading disease or plague that infects many people and causes many deaths.
Etymology
From Old French 'pestilence,' derived from Latin 'pestilentia,' related to 'pestis' (plague); used since medieval times to describe deadly epidemics.
Kelly Says
Pestilence was one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Biblical tradition, and the Black Death in the 1300s killed so many people that it reshaped European society completely.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
የ peste አስተሳሰብ
ye-pes-te as-te-sa-seb
BNবাংলা
মহামারী
ma-ha-ma-ri
CACatalà
pestilència
pes-ti-len-cia
ELΕλληνικά
λοιμώδης νόσος
loi-mo-dis nos-os
ESEspañol
pestilencia
pes-ti-len-sia
FAفارسی
بیماری واگیر
bee-ma-ri va-geer
FRFrançais
pestilence
pes-til-ens
GUGU
માહામારી
ma-ha-ma-ri
HIहिन्दी
महामारी
ma-ha-ma-ri
IDBahasa Indonesia
wabah
wa-bah
ITItaliano
pestilenza
pes-til-en-za
KO한국어
전염병
jeon-yeom-byeong
MSBahasa Melayu
wabah
wa-bah
NLNederlands
pestilentie
pes-ti-len-tie
PTPortuguês
pestilência
pes-ti-len-sia
SWKiswahili
ugonjwa
u-gon-j-wa
TAதமிழ்
நோய் பரவுதல்
no-i pa-ra-vu-thal
TEతెలుగు
మహమ్మారి
ma-ham-ma-ri
THไทย
โรคระบาด
rohk ra-bat
TLTL
pagkalat ng sakit
pa-ga-la-at ng sai-kit
UKУкраїнська
чума
choo-ma
VITiếng Việt
dịch bệnh
dich benh
ZUZU
ukuthula
u-ku-thu-la