vaccin

See also: vaccîn

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin vaccinus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox). Compare New Latin variola vaccīna, "cowpox".

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: vac‧cin

Noun

vaccin n (plural vaccins, diminutive vaccintje n)

1. vaccine

Related terms

• vaccineren

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French

Etymology

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").

Noun

vaccin m (plural vaccins)

1. vaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies)

See also

• vacciner
• vache

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vakˈsiːn/

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Noun

vaccin n

1. vaccine; substance that stimulates production of antibodies

Declension

Declension of vaccin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vaccin	vaccinet	vaccin	vaccinen
Genitive	vaccins	vaccinets	vaccins	vaccinens

Derived terms

• vaccinera
• vaccinering