Meaning

2 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

    Mumps, Ziegenpeter, Mumpf

    зау́шницаzaúšnica, сви́нкаsvínka

    сви́нкаsvýnka, заву́шницяzavúšnycja

    an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

  2. (dated, plural, plural only)A gloomy or sullen silence.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Mumps is an infectious disease.

    Свинка — інфекційне захворювання. — deniko

    ruСвинка - инфекционное заболевание. — marafon

    deMumps ist eine ansteckende Krankheit. — xtofu80

  2. I'm afraid she may have the mumps.

    ruБоюсь, как бы у неё не была свинка. — marafon

  3. I think that Tom has the mumps.

  4. Tom has the mumps.

  5. Have you ever had mumps?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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contagious disease:
Русский
By meaning 1
contagious disease:
Deutsch
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contagious disease:

Origin

Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the

Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.

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Forms

plural: mumpses
Singularmumps
Pluralmumpses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands:epidemic parotitis

Word family

2 related words

See also

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