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Definitions and meaning of polio

polio

Etymology

First element of polio(myelitis).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊljəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊlioʊ/, /-ljoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊljəʊ
• Hyphenation: po‧lio

Noun

polio (countable and uncountable, plural polios)

1. (uncountable) Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
2. (countable, informal) A person who has poliomyelitis.

Derived terms

• DPT

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of poliomyelitis. Perhaps borrowed from English polio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.li.oː/
• Hyphenation: po‧lio

Noun

polio f (uncountable)

1. polio, poliomyelitis [from ca. 1950s]

   Synonyms: kinderverlamming, poliomyelitis

Derived terms

• poliovaccin

Finnish

Etymology

From English polio, from German Poliomyelitis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolio/, [ˈpo̞lio̞]
• Rhymes: -olio
• Syllabification^(key): po‧li‧o

Noun

polio

1. poliomyelitis

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “polio”, 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

• lipoo, pooli

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ljo/

Noun

polio f (uncountable)

1. Clipping of poliomyélite. polio, poliomyelitis

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ljo/
• Rhymes: -ɔljo
• Hyphenation: pò‧lio

Etymology 1

From [Teucrium] polium, from Late Latin polium, polion, from Ancient Greek πόλιον (pólion), from πολιός (poliós, “white, grey”).

Noun

polio m (uncountable)

1. the plant Teucrium polium (felty germander)

   Synonym: canutola

Etymology 2

Clipping of poliomielite.

Noun

polio f (invariable)

1. poliomyelitis, polio

Anagrams

• -opoli, piolo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.oː/, [ˈpɔlʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.o/, [ˈpɔːlio]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth. See also interpolō.

Verb

poliō (present infinitive polīre, perfect active polīvī or poliī, supine polītum); fourth conjugation

1. to polish, to smooth

Conjugation

Derived terms

• expolio
• interpolō
• polītus

Descendants

References

• “polio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “polio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• polio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• polio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

poliō n

1. dative/ablative singular of polion
2. dative/ablative singular of polium

Lindu

Noun

polio

1. farmer

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ljɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔljɔ
• Syllabification: po‧lio

Noun

polio n (indeclinable)

1. (countable) polio, poliovirus (human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis)

   Synonym: poliowirus

2. (uncountable) polio, poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis (acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and sometimes deformity)

   Synonyms: choroba Heinego-Medina, heinemedina, porażenie dziecięce

Declension

Indeclinable

or

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

polio (Cyrillic spelling полио)

1. masculine singular active past participle of politi

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of poliomielitis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoljo/ [ˈpo.ljo]
• Rhymes: -oljo
• Syllabification: po‧lio

Noun

polio f (plural polios)

1. poliomyelitis

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English polio.

Pronunciation

Noun

polio (n class, no plural)

1. poliomyelitis

   Synonym: ugonjwa wa kupooza

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