Covid

See also: COVID and covid

Translingual

Noun

Covid

1. Alternative form of COVID

English

Noun

Covid (uncountable)

1. Ellipsis of COVID-19.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:COVID.

French

Alternative forms

• COVID, COVIDE, Covide, covide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.vid/

Proper noun

Covid m or f

1. (pathology, virology) Ellipsis of Covid-19.
   • 2020 April 26, “Stop Covid : être prêts le 11 mai est « un défi », estime Cédric O [Stop Covid: To be ready May 11th is ‘a challenge’, according to Cédric O]”, in Le Point‎^[1]:

     L’application Stop Covid sera-t-elle en service le 11 mai ? C’est en tout cas ce que souhaite le gouvernement.

     Will the app Stop Covid go online May 11th? In any case, that is what the government wants.

   • 2021 January 5, Phillipe Ménard, “Covid-19 : en Charente-Maritime, l’acte I de la vaccination [COVID-19: Act I of vaccination in Charente-Maritime]”, in Sud Ouest‎^[2]:

     Le centre hospitalier de Saintonge a concrétisé ce lundi la première vague de vaccination contre le Covid. Priorité au personnel de santé et aux 1 200 résidents de maisons de retraite.

     The Saintonge hospital center began the first wave of vaccinations against Covid on Monday. Priority is given to healthcare workers and the 1,200 residents of retirement homes.

   • 2021 February 11, Négocions (user name), “(comment) Coronavirus : près de 3,4 millions de malades et 80 443 morts en France, après les 296 du jour [Coronavirus: Nearly 3.4 million sick and 80,443 dead in France, after today’s 296]”, in Midi Libre‎^[3]:

     Oui, et 80 000 en sont mortes, d’autres en ont réchappé parfois après quelques semaines sous respirateur (heureusement on arrive souvent à l’éviter), et beaucoup sont restées malades des formes prolongées, le fameux Covid long.

     Yes, 80,000 have died, and others have gotten by with a few weeks on a respirator (thankfully they are often able to avoid that), and many remain ill with prolonged forms, the famous long Covid.

2. (pathology) COVID (coronavirus disease)

Usage notes

• In Canadian French, Covid f is feminine, by analogy with maladie f.
• In Maghreb French, Covid m is masculine.
• In European French, Covid m or f appears in usage as masculine and feminine.
• According to the Académie Française, Office québécois de la langue française, and Organisation mondiale de la santé, this term is feminine, because the term derives from the English word disease, which is feminine in its French form, maladie f.