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Is malaria a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word malaria is a Scrabble US word. The word malaria is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

M3A1L1A1R1I1A1

Is malaria a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word malaria is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

M3A1L1A1R1I1A1

Is malaria a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word malaria is a Words With Friends word. The word malaria is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4A1L2A1R1I1A1

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7-letter words (1 found)

MALARIA,

6-letter words (1 found)

ARALIA,

5-letter words (7 found)

ALARM,ARMIL,LAARI,LAMIA,MALAR,MARIA,RAMAL,

4-letter words (25 found)

ALAR,ALMA,AMIA,AMIR,AMLA,ARIA,ARIL,LAIR,LAMA,LARI,LIAR,LIMA,LIRA,MAAR,MAIL,MAIR,MALA,MALI,MARA,MARL,RAIA,RAIL,RAMI,RIAL,RIMA,

3-letter words (20 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIM,AIR,ALA,AMA,AMI,ARM,LAM,LAR,MAA,MAL,MAR,MIL,MIR,RAI,RAM,RIA,RIM,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AI,AL,AM,AR,LA,LI,MA,MI,

You can make 63 words from malaria according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of malaria

malaria

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈlɛə.ɹi.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹiə

Noun

malaria (countable and uncountable, plural malarias)

  1. A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
    Synonyms: ague, (archaic) paludism
  2. (archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
    Synonym: miasma

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • malaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Italian malaria.

Noun

malaria c (singular definite malariaen, not used in plural form)

  1. (pathology) malaria

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria f (uncountable)

  1. malaria

Descendants

  • → Caribbean Hindustani: maláriyá

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑlɑriɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝lɑ̝ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧la‧ri‧a

Noun

malaria

  1. malaria
    Synonym: horkka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “malaria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • Maalari, maalari

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.la.ʁja/

Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)

  1. malaria
    Synonym: paludisme

Further reading

  • “malaria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • alarmai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch malaria, from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maˈlaria̯]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria (first-person possessive malariaku, second-person possessive malariamu, third-person possessive malarianya)

  1. (medicine) malaria, a disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

malaria (uncountable)

  1. malaria

Italian

Etymology

From mal- (“bad”) +‎ aria (“air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈla.rja/
  • Rhymes: -arja
  • Hyphenation: ma‧là‧ria

Noun

malaria f (plural malarie)

  1. (pathology) malaria

Derived terms

  • malarico

Anagrams

  • alamari

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈla.ri.a/, [mäˈɫ̪äriä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈla.ri.a/, [mäˈläːriä]

Noun

malaria f (genitive malariae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) malaria

Declension

First-declension noun.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian mala aria.

Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

  1. malaria

References

  • “malaria” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian mala aria.

Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

  1. malaria

References

  • “malaria” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈla.rja/
  • Rhymes: -arja
  • Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria f

  1. malaria
    Synonyms: febra, zimnica

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • malaria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • malaria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlaɾja/ [maˈla.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -aɾja
  • Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)

  1. malaria

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

From English malaria.

Pronunciation

Noun

malaria (n class, plural malaria)

  1. malaria

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma¹lɑːrɪa/, [ma¹l̪ɑ̹ːrɪa]

Noun

malaria c (uncountable)

  1. malaria

Declension

See also

  • kinin
  • mygga

References

  • malaria in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • malaria in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • malaria in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English malaria.

Noun

malaria

  1. malaria

Source: wiktionary.org