appendicite

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English appendicitis. Morphologically, from appendice +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɛ̃.di.sit/

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Noun

appendicite f (usually uncountable, plural appendicites)

1. (pathology) appendicitis (inflammation of the vermiform appendix)

Descendants

• → Persian: آپاندیسیت (âpândisit)
• → Romanian: apendicită
• → Turkish: apandisit

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From appendice +‎ -ite.

Noun

appendicite f (plural appendiciti)

1. appendicitis

Further reading

• “appendicite”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026