contagieux
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin contāgiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ta.ʒjø/
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Adjective
contagieux (feminine contagieuse, masculine plural contagieux, feminine plural contagieuses)
- contagious (that can be transmitted to others; easily transmitted to others)
- une maladie (hautement) contagieuse ― a (highly) contagious disease
Derived terms
Further reading
- “contagieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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