contagious

English

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kənˈteɪdʒəs/, SAMPA: /k@n"teIdZ@s/
• Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs

Adjective

contagious (comparative more contagious, superlative most contagious)

1. Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.

   The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!

2. Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.

   Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.

3. Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.

   They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.

Synonyms

• (of a disease): catching, infectious
• (of a trend, laughter, etc): infectious

Antonyms

• non-contagious

Derived terms

• contagiousness
• contagion

Translations

of a disease, easily transmitted to others

Bulgarian: заразен (bg) Czech: nakažlivý (cs) m. Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), besmettelijk (nl) Finnish: tarttuva (fi) French: contagieux (fr) German: ansteckend (de) Greek: μεταδοτικός (el) m. (metadotikós)

Hungarian: fertőző (hu) Italian: contagioso (it), infettivo (it) Japanese: 伝染性の (でんせんせいの, densensei no) Romanian: contagios (ro), molipsitor (ro) Russian: заразный (ru) (zaráznyj) Swedish: smittsam (sv) Turkish: bulaşıcı (tr)

of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others

Bulgarian: заразителен (bg) Czech: nakažlivý (cs) m. Dutch: aanstekelijk, besmettelijk (nl) Finnish: tarttuva (fi) French: contagieux (fr) German: ansteckend (de)

Greek: μεταδοτικός (el) m. (metadotikós) Hungarian: fertőző (hu) Italian: contagioso (it) Russian: заразительный (ru) (zarazít'el'nyj) Swedish: smittsam (sv) Turkish: bulaşıcı (tr)

capable of spreading a disease

Dutch: besmettelijk (nl) Finnish: tartuntavaarallinen French: contagieux (fr) German: ansteckend (de)

Hungarian: fertőző (hu) Italian: contagioso (it), infettivo (it) Romanian: contagios (ro) Swedish: smittbärande (sv)

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Chinese: Simplified Chinese: 传染性 Traditional Chinese: 傳染性 Pinyin: chuánrǎnxìng

Korean: hangul: 전염성이 있는 romaja: Latin: contagiosus m., contagiosa f., contagiosum n. Norwegian: smittefarlig Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: контагиозно Roman: contagiozno Spanish: contagioso