measles meaning in Français | English Dictionary

📖 Définitions

noun
rougeole; peste porcine; taches sur le bois

EN: An acute infectious disease caused by the measles virus, characterized by fever, cough, runny nose, and a distinctive red rash that spreads over the body.; A similar disease in animals, especially a viral infection in pigs or cattle characterized by skin lesions.; A condition in timber where the wood is discolored with small spots, resembling the rash of the disease.

🔗 Détails

Formes du mot

indénombrable

Collocations

catch measleshave measlesGerman measlesmeasles outbreakmeasles vaccinemeasles rash

Dérivés

measly

Synonymes

rubeolamorbilli

Souvent confondus

rubella

EN: 'Rubella' (German measles) is a different, milder viral disease; 'measles' (rubeola) is the more severe illness.

fr: 'La rubéole' (rougeole allemande) est une maladie virale différente et plus bénigne ; 'la rougeole' (rubeola) est la maladie la plus sévère.

Conseils d'orthographe

EN: Despite ending in -s, 'measles' is a singular noun and takes singular verb agreement: 'Measles is highly contagious.' Do not write 'measle' as a singular form.

fr: Bien que se terminant par -s, 'measles' est un nom singulier et prend un verbe au singulier : 'Measles is highly contagious.' N'écrivez pas 'measle' comme forme singulière.

💬 Exemples

The child was kept home from school after being diagnosed with measles.

L'enfant a été gardé à la maison après avoir été diagnostiqué avec la rougeole.
The farmer noticed signs of measles in several of his pigs.

L'éleveur a remarqué des signes de peste porcine chez plusieurs de ses porcs.
The carpenter rejected the plank because of the measles in the grain.

Le charpentier a rejeté la planche à cause des taches dans le fil du bois.