English-French translations for illness

• maladie
  C' est une maladie qui se manifeste régulièrement. It is an illness that recurs on a regular basis.
  Viennent ensuite les autres maladies, telles que le diabète et les maladies mentales. Then there are other diseases, such as diabetes and mental illness.
  Il ne prétend pas trouver réponse à toutes les maladies, mais à certaines maladies. The answer to all illnesses could not be found but certainly to some.
• infirmité
  De plus, 150 millions de femmes sont délaissées avec des maladies chroniques ou des infirmités suite à une grossesse. Furthermore, 150 million women are left with long-term illness or disability as a result of pregnancy.
  La recherche scientifique a fait, au cours des dernières décennies, des progrès formidables et porteurs d' espoir pour ceux qui souffrent de maladies ou d' infirmités, et pour leurs familles. Over the past few decades, scientific research has made enormous strides and given hope to those suffering from illness or disabilities and to their families.
• mal
• mal-être

Definition of illness

• An instance of a disease or poor health
• A state of bad health or disease

Examples

• Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.
• Many working days this year have been lost through illness.

Related words

• stillness
• illness behaviour
• illness {bearing
• mental illness
• glass illness
• children's illness
• fashionable illness
• succumb to illness
• cause of illness