COVID

See also: Covid and covid

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Covid, covid

Etymology

Blend of Coronavirus +‎ English disease. From "Co" of Latin corona, "Vi" of Virus, "D" of English disease. Coined by the World Health Organization in February 2020.

Noun

COVID

1. (pathology) A coronavirus disease.
2. Clipping of COVID-19.

Usage notes

• The term was created by the World Health Organization to standardize terminology for coronavirus outbreaks.

Coordinate terms

• CoV
• MERS
• nCoV
• SARS

Derived terms

• COVID-19

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: Cô Vy

See also

• coronavirus disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• Covid

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊvɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊvɪd/
• Rhymes: -əʊvɪd
• Hyphenation: CO‧VID

Noun

COVID (uncountable)

1. Clipping of COVID-19.
   • 2020 January 28, “COVID-19 in Pennsylvania”, in Pennsylvania Department of Health‎^[1]:

     COVID is tough, but Pennsylvanians are tougher. Together we can make a difference, slow the spread of the virus, and save lives.

   • 2020 May 28, “COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke”, in Pan American Health Organization‎^[2]:

     Every year on 31 May we celebrate World No Tobacco Day to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. This year, the national theme is COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke.

Derived terms

• covidiocy
• covidiot
• Covidtide
• long COVID

Translations

disease caused by a coronavirus discovered in 2019 — see also COVID-19

• Carpathian Rusyn: ко́від m (kóvid)
• Māori: Kowheori
• Polish: COVID (pl) m
• Russian: ковид (ru) (kovid)
• Vietnamese: Cô Vy (informal)