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Pronunciation / Transliteration: miasma
"I miasmi della discarica rendevano l'aria irrespirabile."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor.
"A miasma of stale beer and cigarette smoke drifted from the bar."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Mid 17th century: via modern Latin from Greek miasma, from miainein 'pollute'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "miasma" is said worldwide
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miasme
Transliteration: miasme
"Un miasme fétide émanait du marais."
Miasma
Transliteration: Miasma
"Ein Miasma aus Fäulnis lag über dem alten Keller."
miasma
Transliteration: miasma
"I miasmi della discarica rendevano l'aria irrespirabile."
miasma
Transliteration: miasma
"Se percibía un miasma nauseabundo en la habitación cerrada."
miasma
Transliteration: miasma
"Um miasma fétido subia do pântano."
दुर्गंध
Transliteration: durgandh
"दलदल से एक दुर्गंध उठ रही थी।"
瘴气
Transliteration: zhàngqì
"原始森林里弥漫着一股湿热的瘴气。"
장기
Transliteration: jang-gi
"늪지대에서 독한 장기가 뿜어져 나왔다."
瘴気
Transliteration: shōki
"湿地帯から不気味な瘴気が立ち込めていた。"
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