filaria
/fəˈlɛɹi.ə/noun
filaria is a noun meaning “Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-L-A-R-I-A, and it appears about once in every 68 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of filaria is filariae or filarias.
What does filaria mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce filaria?
- UK /fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/
- US /fəˈlɛɹi.ə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of filaria
- filariae plural
- filarias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is filaria?
Filaria appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Filaria in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense worm:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Filarie |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does filaria come from?
19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).