contagious

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French contagieus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪdʒəs/
• 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

• Bashkir: йоғошло (yoğoşlo)
• Bulgarian: заразен (bg) (zarazen)
• Catalan: contagiós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 传染性 (zh) (chuánrǎnxìng), 傳染性／传染性 (zh) (chuánrǎnxìng)

• Czech: nakažlivý (cs) m
• Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), besmettelijk (nl)
• Finnish: tarttuva (fi)
• French: contagieux (fr)
• Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi), კონტაგიოზური (ḳonṭagiozuri), ინფექციური (inpekciuri)
• German: ansteckend (de), kontagiös (de)
• Greek: μεταδοτικός (el) m (metadotikós)
• Hungarian: fertőző (hu)
• Irish: gabhálach
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• Italian: contagioso (it), infettivo (it)
• Japanese: 伝染性の (でんせんせいの, densensei no)
• Latvian: lipīgs
• Maori: mauhoro
• Polish: zaraźliwy (pl) m
• Portuguese: contagiante (pt), contagioso (pt)
• Romanian: contagios (ro), molipsitor (ro)
• Russian: зара́зный (ru) (zaráznyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: zarazan (sh)
• Spanish: contagioso (es)
• Swedish: smittsam (sv)
• Tagalog: nakalalalin, nakahahawa
• Turkish: bulaşıcı (tr)

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

• Bulgarian: заразителен (bg) (zarazitelen)
• Catalan: contagiós (ca), encomanadís
• Czech: nakažlivý (cs) m
• Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), besmettelijk (nl)
• Finnish: tarttuva (fi)
• French: contagieux (fr)
• Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi)
• German: ansteckend (de)
• Greek: μεταδοτικός (el) m (metadotikós)
• Hungarian: fertőző (hu)
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• Icelandic: smitandi
• Irish: gabhálach
• Italian: contagioso (it)
• Polish: zaraźliwy (pl) m
• Portuguese: contagiante (pt)
• Russian: зарази́тельный (ru) (zarazítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: contagioso (es)
• Swedish: smittsam (sv)
• Tagalog: nakakahawa
• Turkish: bulaşıcı (tr)

capable of spreading a disease

• Catalan: contagiós (ca)
• Dutch: besmettelijk (nl)
• Finnish: tartuntavaarallinen
• French: contagieux (fr)
• Georgian: ინფექციის წარმომშობი (inpekciis c̣armomšobi), ინფექციის გადამდები (inpekciis gadamdebi)
• German: ansteckend (de)
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• Hungarian: fertőző (hu)
• Italian: contagioso (it), infettivo (it)
• Portuguese: contagiante (pt), contagioso (pt)
• Romanian: contagios (ro)
• Swedish: smittbärande

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 전염성이 있는 (jeonyeomseong'i inneun)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} contagiosus
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} smittefarlig
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} контагиозно

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} contagiozno

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} contagioso (es)