Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (proscribed, sometimes, uncountable, usually)Any disease causing similar symptoms.

  3. (archaic, uncountable, usually)The blisters formed by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom gave me the chicken pox.

    Том заразив мене вітрянкою.

    ruТом наградил меня ветрянкой.

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  2. I had chicken pox as a kid.

    Я хворів у дитинстві на вітрянку.

    ruЯ болел ветрянкой в детстве.

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  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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Translations

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Origin

From chicken + pox, under the influence of earlier hen-pox and swinepox, which formed larg

From chicken + pox, under the influence of earlier hen-pox and swinepox, which formed larger blisters.

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Forms

plural: chicken poxes

Synonyms

2 synonyms
varicellachicken pock

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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