pox
A disease characterized by skin eruptions that may leave pockmarksA disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
» Tom gave me the chicken pox.
Том наградил меня ветрянкой.
Том заразил меня ветрянкой.
Том заразив мене вітрянкою.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
о́спаóspa
a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
(countable, uncountable)Syphilis.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A curse.
a pox on all their houses
Examples
22 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
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. The curse sense involves metonymy:From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. The curse sense involves metonymy: wishing a literal pox upon someone is the original form of pox-relevant curse, and the word pox itself also came to mean curse.
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Forms
plural: poxesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta):syphilissyphlues venerealues
Word family
43 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable