vaccin

See also: vaccîn

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French vaccin, from Latin vaccīnus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox). Compare New Latin variola vaccīna (“cowpox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑkˈsɛn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vac‧cin
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

vaccin n (plural vaccins, diminutive vaccintje n)

1. vaccine

   Synonym: entstof

Derived terms

• coronavaccin
• mRNA-vaccin
• vaccintwijfelaar
• vaccintype
• vaccinweigeraar

Related terms

• vaccinatie
• vaccineren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: vaksin

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Europeander.?

Latin vacca

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin vaccinusder.

French vaccin

Remade as a masculine noun from vaccine, based on Latin vaccinus, where vaccine was also ultimately borrowed from (through a New or Scientific Latin variola vaccīna, "cowpox").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vak.sɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

vaccin m (plural vaccins)

1. vaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies)

   Un vaccin est une préparation biologique administrée à un organisme vivant afin de stimuler son système immunitaire et de développer une immunité adaptative protectrice et relativement durable contre l'agent infectieux d'une maladie particulière.

   A vaccine is a biological preparation administered to a living organism in order to stimulate its immune system so that it develops an immunity which is adaptive, protective, and relatively durable against the infectious agent of a particular illness.

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: vaksin
• → Persian: واکسن (vâksan)

See also

• vaccinal
• vaccination
• vacciner
• vaccinologie
• vaccinologue
• vache

Further reading

• “vaccin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vaccin.

Noun

vaccin n (plural vaccinuri)

1. vaccine

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vaccin	vaccinul	vaccinuri	vaccinurile
genitive-dative	vaccin	vaccinului	vaccinuri	vaccinurilor
vocative	vaccinule		vaccinurilor

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vakˈsiːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vac‧cin

Noun

vaccin n

1. vaccine; substance that stimulates production of antibodies

Declension

Declension of vaccin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vaccin	vaccins
	definite	vaccinet	vaccinets
plural	indefinite	vaccin	vaccins
	definite	vaccinen	vaccinens

Declension of vaccin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vaccin	vaccins
	definite	vaccinet	vaccinets
plural	indefinite	vacciner	vacciners
	definite	vaccinerna	vaccinernas

Derived terms

• vaccinera
• vaccinering

References

• “vaccin”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vaccin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vaccin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH