Ailment

Noun CEFR B1

ˈeɪlmənt

Definitions

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

Equivalents

Españolachaque alifafe dolamadolencia enfermedad

Françaismaladie

DeutschLeiden

28 more languages

العربيةاعتِلال المرض داءمرض وَعكَة

Българскиболест бо́лка

Bosanskidolama male болест

Dansklidelse svaghed sygdom

Ελληνικάαρρώστια ασθένεια ενόχλημαενόχληση νόσος πάθηση

Esperantoafekcio malsaneto malsano

Suomisairaus vaiva

Gaeilgebreoiteacht

Gàidhligeuslaint galar othartinneas trioblaid

Galegodoenza enfermidade

हिन्दीव्याधि

Hrvatskidolama male болест

Italianoacciacco affezione disturboindisposizione malanno malattia male

日本語疾患病気痡

Қазақ тіліауру дерт кеселнауқас

Kurdîmale

Latinaincommodum morbus

Latviešuvaina

Nederlandsaandoening

Polskidolegliwość

Portuguêsenfermidade

Românăindispoziție

Русскийболезнь недомогание неду́гнездоро́вье

Српскиdolama male болест

తెలుగురోగము

ไทยชวร ประชวร

Türkçehastalık rahatsızlık

Українськаболість

Examples

“He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow ⟳ his nose.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

Ailments Ailon ailourophil ailourophile ailourophilia ailourophobe

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