virus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Hyponyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 2.1.2 Related terms 3 Danish 3.1 Noun 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Finnish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 6 French 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Galician 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Italian 8.1 Noun 9 Latin 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Inflection 9.2.2 Synonyms 10 Portuguese 10.1 Noun 11 Romanian 11.1 Noun 11.1.1 Declension 12 Serbo-Croatian 12.1 Noun 12.1.1 Declension 13 Spanish 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Noun 14 Swedish 14.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin virus (“‘poison, slime, venom’”). First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) enPR: vīʹrəs, IPA: /ˈvaɪɹəs/, SAMPA: /"vaIr@s/
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  Rhymes: -aɪrəs

[edit] Noun

virus (plural viruses)

Wikipedia

1. (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
2. (pathology, microbiology, virology) A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat. It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 64)

     Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.

3. (computing) A computer virus.

[edit] Usage notes

• The plural is often believed to be viri or even virii, but neither is correct Latin and both are neologistic folk etymology. The word has no plural in Latin as it is a mass noun, like oxygen or sunlight.

• There is disagreement over whether a virus can be classed as a living organism.

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• DNA virus
• RNA virus
• See also Wikisaurus:virus

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• viroid

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• prion
• Plural of virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Plural of virus

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virus m.

1. virus

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• virový
• antivirový

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virus c. n. (singular definite virussen or virusset, plural indefinite virus or virusser or vira, plural definite virussene or virusserne or viraene)

1. virus

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virus m. (plural virussen, diminutive virusje, diminutive plural virusjes)

1. virus

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• IPA: [ˈʋirus]

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virus (stem viru-^*)

1. virus

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Declension of virus (type vastaus) singular plural nominative virus virukset genitive viruksen virusten viruksien partitive virusta viruksia accusative virus viruksen virukset inessive viruksessa viruksissa elative viruksesta viruksista illative virukseen viruksiin adessive viruksella viruksilla ablative virukselta viruksilta allative virukselle viruksille essive viruksena viruksina translative virukseksi viruksiksi instructive – viruksin abessive viruksetta viruksitta comitative – viruksineen

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virus m. (plural virus)

1. virus

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin virus (“‘poison, slime, venom’”).

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virus m. (plural virus)

1. virus (pathogen)
2. computer virus

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virus m.

1. virus

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Via rhotacism from Proto-Indo-European *wisos, *wīsos, *wiHsos. Cognates include Sanskrit विष (víṣa) and Ancient Greek ἰός (ios).

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vīrus (genitive vīrī); n (uncountable), second declension

1. venom
2. poison

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Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	vīrus	—1
genitive	vīrī	—
dative	vīrō	—
accusative	vīrus	—
ablative	vīrō	—
vocative	vīrus	—

¹ virus is declined in the singular only.

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• (poison): venenum

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virus m.

1. computer virus (a program)

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virus n. (plural virusuri)

1. virus

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vírus m. (Cyrillic spelling ви́рус)

1. (medicine) virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
2. (computing) computer virus

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[edit] Spanish

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From Latin virus.

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virus m. singular & plural

1. virus, computer virus

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[edit] Swedish

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virus m.

1. virus