variole

variole (countable and uncountable, plural varioles)

1. (uncountable, pathology) Alternative form of variola; smallpox
2. (geology) A spherule of a variolite.
3. A shallow pit or pitted marking.

   Synonym: foveole

• Alverio, Levario

From Middle French (plural variolez attested),[1] borrowed from Occitan variola[2] or directly from Medieval Latin variola,[1] itself derived from Latin varius. Cognate to English variola, Italian vaiolo, Spanish viruela, Bulgarian вариола (variola).

• IPA^(key): /va.ʁjɔl/

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variole f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) smallpox

   Synonym: petite vérole

   • 2023 August, Alain Amariglio, “Le livre noir du haricot vert”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 5:

     Il aurait effectué ce travail à la demande du collège de Santa Cruz, fondé par le vice-roi d’Espagne pour l’éducation des enfants de la noblesse aztèque qu’il comptait utiliser pour l’évangélisation du pays. Malheureusement, la plupart moururent de la variole.

     He would have carried out this work at the request of the Santa Cruz College, founded by the Viceroy of Spain to educate the children of the Aztec nobility, whom he intended to use for the evangelization of the country. Unfortunately, most of them died of smallpox.

• “variole” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “variole” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “variole” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “variole” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “variole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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