chicken pox
The highly contagious airborne disease caused by initial infection with varicella…The highly contagious airborne disease caused by initial infection with varicella zoster virus, typically causing a skin rash that forms small itchy blisters.
» Tom gave me the chicken pox.
Том наградил меня ветрянкой.
Том заразил меня ветрянкой.
Том заразив мене вітрянкою.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The highly contagious airborne disease caused by initial infection with varicella zoster virus, typically causing a skin rash that forms small itchy blisters.
Windpocken
ветряна́я о́спаvetrjanája óspa, ветря́нкаvetrjánka
вітряна́ ві́спаvitrjaná víspa, вітря́нкаvitrjánka
(proscribed, sometimes, uncountable, usually)Any disease causing similar symptoms.
(archaic, uncountable, usually)The blisters formed by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).
Examples
18 sentencesTom gave me the chicken pox.
Том заразив мене вітрянкою.
ruТом наградил меня ветрянкой.
I had chicken pox as a kid.
Я хворів у дитинстві на вітрянку.
ruЯ болел ветрянкой в детстве.
I had chicken pox when I was a kid.
У дитинстві я хворів на вітрянку.
ruВ детстве я болел ветрянкой.
deAls Kind hatte ich Windpocken.
Tom has to stay in the house because he has the chicken pox.
Том мусить залишатися вдома, бо у нього вітрянка.
deTom muss im Haus bleiben, weil er Windpocken hat.
There was only one case of chicken pox at the school.
У школі був лише один випадок вітрянки.
ruВ школе был только один случай ветрянки.
deEs gab an der Schule nur einen Fall von Windpocken.
Translations
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Origin
From chicken + pox, under the influence of earlier hen-pox and swinepox, which formed largFrom chicken + pox, under the influence of earlier hen-pox and swinepox, which formed larger blisters.
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Forms
plural: chicken poxesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable