hay fever
An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to…An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
» I have hay fever.
Ich habe Heuschnupfen.
У меня сенная лихорадка.
У мене сінна гарячка.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
Heuschnupfen, Pollenallergie
сенна́я лихора́дкаsennája lixorádka
поліно́зpolinóz, сінна́ гаря́чкаsinná harjáčka
- a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen
Examples
20 sentencesI have hay fever.
У мене сінна гарячка. — deniko
ruУ меня сенная лихорадка. — corvard
deIch habe Heuschnupfen. — Fingerhut
The poor child suffers from hay fever.
deDas arme Kind leidet an Heuschnupfen. — samueldora
I didn't know you had hay fever.
ruЯ не знал, что у тебя сенная лихорадка. — sharptoothed
Hay fever medicine usually makes me drowsy.
I didn't know that you had hay fever.
Translations
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Origin
First attested by John Bostock in 1819. The smell of hay in the summer was thought to be tFirst attested by John Bostock in 1819. The smell of hay in the summer was thought to be the origin of the condition.
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Forms
plural: hay feversSynonyms
5 synonyms- a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen:pollinosis
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable