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6-letter words (2 found)

ANGINA,INANGA,

5-letter words (4 found)

AGAIN,AINGA,INGAN,NGANA,

4-letter words (13 found)

AGIN,AIGA,ANAN,ANGA,ANNA,GAIN,GINN,NAAN,NAGA,NAIN,NANA,NANG,NGAI,

3-letter words (12 found)

AGA,AIA,AIN,ANA,ANI,ANN,GAN,GIN,ING,INN,NAG,NAN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AG,AI,AN,GI,IN,NA,

You can make 38 words from angina according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of angina

angina

Etymology

From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə/, /ænˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

angina (countable and uncountable, plural anginas)

  1. (pathology) An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
  2. (pathology) Short for angina pectoris.
  3. (pathology, cardiology) A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage.

Usage notes

Although the use of angina as a shorthand for angina pectoris is common and accepted by most dictionaries, it may be considered imprecise or improper by some medical practitioners.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • “angina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “angina”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Gianna, inanga

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɲˈʒi.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [aɲˈd͡ʒi.na]

Noun

angina f (plural angines)

  1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

Further reading

  • “angina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “angina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “angina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “angina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑŋˈɣi.naː/
  • Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

Noun

angina f (plural angina's or anginae)

  1. angina

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: angina

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin angina (“choking, suffocation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒŋɡinɒ]
  • Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

Noun

angina (usually uncountable, plural anginák)

  1. (medicine, cardiology) angina, angina pectoris (intermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia)
    Synonym: angina pectoris

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • angina in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch angina, from Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaŋina]
  • Hyphenation: angi‧na

Noun

angina (first-person possessive anginaku, second-person possessive anginamu, third-person possessive anginanya)

  1. (pathology) angina:
    1. an inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
    2. (cardiology) short for angina pektoris (“angina pectoris”).

Related terms

Further reading

  • “angina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγχόνη (ankhónē, “strangling”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡi.na/, [ˈäŋɡɪnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.d͡ʒi.na/, [ˈän̠ʲd͡ʒinä]

Noun

angina f (genitive anginae); first declension

  1. choking, suffocation
  2. quinsy, tonsillitis

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “angina” on page 129/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Maori

Noun

angina

  1. death

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Noun

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer, definite plural anginaene)

  1. (pathology) angina

References

  • “angina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “angina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

  • aninga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Noun

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer or anginaar, definite plural anginaene or anginaane)

  1. (pathology) angina

References

  • “angina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin angina. First attested in 1680–1689.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋˈɡi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: an‧gi‧na

Noun

angina f

  1. (pathology) tonsillitis

Declension

Collocations

References

Further reading

  • angina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • angina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[1]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[2]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 37

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

Noun

angina f (plural anginas)

  1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

Further reading

  • “angina” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

Noun

angina f (Cyrillic spelling ангина)

  1. angina
  2. (pathology) tonsillitis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈxina/ [ãŋˈxi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: an‧gi‧na

Noun

angina f (plural anginas)

  1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “angina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org