ιλαρά

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἱλαρά (hilará), feminine form of Ancient Greek ἱλᾰρός (hilarós, “happy, cheerful”), a euphemistic name for the disease.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ilaˈɾa/
  • Hyphenation: ι‧λα‧ρά

Noun

ιλαρά • (ilará) f (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) measles, rubeola (acute highly contagious disease caused by Measles virus of genus Morbillivirus)
    Ο γιος μου δεν πήγε σχολείο αυτή την εβδομάδα λόγω ιλαράς.
    O gios mou den píge scholeío aftí tin evdomáda lógo ilarás.
    My son didn't go to school this week because of measles.

Declension
  ιλαρά
case     \     number singular
nominative ιλαρά •
genitive ιλαράς •
accusative ιλαρά •
vocative ιλαρά •

Synonyms
  • μπέμπελη f (bémpeli, “measles”)
  • ιλαρός (ilarós, “happy, cheerful”)
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