flu

English

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Alternative forms

• 'flu (dated)

Etymology

Abbreviation of influenza.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fluː/, X-SAMPA: /flu:/
• (Australia) IPA: /flʉː/, X-SAMPA: /fl}:/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophones: flew, flue

Noun

flu (plural flus)

1. Influenza.
2. (informal) Common cold.

Synonyms

• (influenza): grippe, grip

Derived terms

Terms derived from flu

avian flu bird flu blue flu

diplomatic flu Spanish flu stomach flu

swine flu

Translations

influenza

• Arabic: إنفلونزا (ar) ('influwinzaa) f
• Armenian: գրիպ (hy) (grip)
• Chamicuro: e'tes̈huli
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流行性感冒 (cmn) (liúxíngxìnggǎnmào), 流感 (cmn) (liúgǎn)

• Czech: chřipka (cs) f
• Danish: influenza (da) c
• Dutch: griep (nl) f
• Esperanto: gripo (eo)
• Finnish: influenssa (fi)
• French: grippe (fr) f
• Georgian: ინფლუენცია (ka) (inp'luenc'ia), გრიპი (ka) (gripi)
• German: Grippe (de) f
• Greek: γρίπη (el) (grípi) f (grípi)
• Hebrew: שפעת (he) (shapa'at) f
• Hungarian: influenza (hu)
• Icelandic: flensa (is) f, inflúensa (is) f
• Italian: influenza (it) f

• Japanese: (general) 風邪 (ja) (kaze); (detailed) ウイルス性の風邪 (ja) (uirusu-sei no kaze); (medical) 流行性感冒 (ja) (ryūkōsē-kanbō)
• Jèrriais: grippe f
• Lithuanian: gripas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Gripp (lb) f
• Macedonian: грип (mk) (grip) m
• Navajo: tahoniigááh
• Polish: grypa (pl) f
• Portuguese: gripe (pt) f
• Romanian: gripă (ro)
• Russian: грипп (ru) (gripp) m, инфлюэнца (ru) (infljuénca) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cnatan mòr (gd) m
• Slovene: gripa (sl) f
• Spanish: gripe f, gripa f (Colombia, Mexico)
• Swedish: influensa (sv) c, flunsa (sv) c
• Turkish: grip (tr)
• Ukrainian: грип m (hryp)

common cold — see common cold

See also

• catarrh

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Rafsi

flu

1. rafsi of fulta.

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Turkish

Etymology

From French flou.

Adjective

flu (comparative daha flu, superlative en flu)

1. fuzzy
2. (photography) blurred, out of focus