English

Noun

diarrhoea ‎(usually uncountable, plural diarrhoeas)

1. British standard spelling of diarrhea.

Derived terms

• diarrhoeal

Latin

Alternative forms

• diarrhœa

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek διάῤῥοια ‎(diárrhoia)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di.arˈroe̯.a/

Noun

diarrhoea f ‎(genitive diarrhoeae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) diarrhoea

Declension

First declension.

Related terms

• diarrhoicus

Descendants

• Italian: diarrea
• Middle French: diarrie
• Portuguese: diarreia
• Romansch: diarrea
• Spanish: diarrea

References

• dĭarrhoea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dĭarrhœa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 518/3.