gingivitis

See also: Gingivitis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin gingīvabor.

English gingiva

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)

Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor.

New Latin -itisder.

English -itis

English gingivitis

From gingiva + -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪˈvaɪtəs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

gingivitis (usually uncountable, plural gingivitides or gingivites)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the gums or gingivae.

Derived terms

• acute membranous gingivitis
• acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis
• acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
• acute ulcerative gingivitis
• antigingivitis
• fusospirochetal gingivitis
• gingervitis
• gingivitic
• mucogingivitis
• phagedenic gingivitis
• ulcerative gingivitis

Translations

inflammation of the gums

• Catalan: gingivitis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙齦炎 / 牙龈炎 (zh) (yáyínyán)

• Czech: gingivitida f
• Dutch: gingivitis (nl) f, tandvleesontsteking (nl) f
• Finnish: ientulehdus (fi)
• French: gingivite (fr) f
• Galician: xenxivite f
• German: Zahnfleischentzündung (de) f, Gingivitis (de) f (scientific)
• Greek: ουλίτιδα (el) f (oulítida)
• Haitian Creole: jenjivit
• Hungarian: ínygyulladás (hu), fogínygyulladás (hu)
• Icelandic: tannholdsbólga f
• Indonesian: gingivitis (id), radang gusi (id) (literally “gum inflammation”)
• Inuktitut: ᐃᒃᑭᓗᒃᑐᖅ ᑭᒍᑎᒨᖓᔪᒥᒃ (ikkiloktoq kicotimoongayomik)
• Italian: gengivite f
• Japanese: 歯齦炎 (しぎんえん, shigin'en), 歯肉炎 (しにくえん, shinikuen)
• Malay: gingivitis, radang gusi (literally “gum inflammation”)
• Māori: (mate) tako pirau
• Persian: ژنژیویت (fa) (žanživit)
• Polish: zapalenie dziąseł n
• Portuguese: gengivite (pt) f
• Romanian: gingivită (ro) f
• Russian: гингиви́т (ru) m (gingivít), воспале́ние дёсен n (vospalénije djósen)
• Spanish: gingivitis (es) f
• Tagalog: maganggilagid
• Turkish: diş eti iltihabı
• Volapük: gingifaflamat

See also

• periodentosis

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ʒiɲ.ʒiˈβi.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒiɲ.ʒiˈvi.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiɲ.d͡ʒiˈvi.tis]

Noun

gingivitis f (uncountable)

1. gingivitis

Related terms

• geniva

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣɪŋ.ɣiˈvi.tɪs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itɪs

Noun

gingivitis f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. gingivitis

   Synonym: tandvleesontsteking

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gingivitis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡinɡiˈvitis/ [ɡin.ɡiˈfi.t̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: gin‧gi‧vi‧tis

Noun

gingivitis (plural gingivitis-gingivitis)

1. (pathology) gingivitis

   Synonym: radang gusi

Further reading

• “gingivitis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡinɡiʋǐtis/
• Hyphenation: gin‧gi‧vi‧tis

Noun

gingivìtis m inan (Cyrillic spelling гингивѝтис)

1. gingivitis

Declension

Declension of gingivitis

	singular
nominative	gingivitis
genitive	gingivitisa
dative	gingivitisu
accusative	gingivitis
vocative	gingivitisu
locative	gingivitisu
instrumental	gingivitisom

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xinxiˈbitis/ [xĩŋ.xiˈβ̞i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: gin‧gi‧vi‧tis

Noun

gingivitis f (uncountable)

1. gingivitis

Further reading

• “gingivitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026