dengue

1. 1.

   an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

   Synonymsdengue feverdandy feverbreakbone fever

   Broaderinfectious disease

Other forms of dengue

plural

dengues·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dengue

What does dengue mean?

dengue means "an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints".

How many syllables are in dengue?

dengue has 1 syllable: dengue. In IPA it is /ˈdɛnɡ/.

What is another word for dengue?

Close synonyms include dengue fever, dandy fever, breakbone fever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dengue a common word?

dengue is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.