distemper
🇺🇸
/dɪˈstempər/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈstempə(r)/
noun
R
A sickness in animals, like dogs, that makes them have a fever and cough.
Fido was diagnosed with distemper, so we had to take him to the vet immediately.
R
A kind of paint that has glue mixed in it, used for painting walls.
The artist used distemper paint to create a beautiful mural on the wall.
translation
A sickness in animals, like dogs, that makes them have a fever and cough.; A kind of paint that has glue mixed in it, used for painting walls.
Word Forms
Plural
distempers