virulent

English

Etymology

From Latin virulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɹjələnt/, /ˈvɪɹələnt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɹjʊlənt/

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

virulent (comparative more virulent, superlative most virulent)

1. (chiefly medicine, of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
2. Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

   The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.

Related terms

• virus
• virulence
• virulently

Derived terms

• avirulent
• cardiovirulent
• enterovirulent
• hepatovirulent
• hypervirulent
• hypovirulent
• neurovirulent
• nonvirulent
• supervirulent
• urovirulent
• virulently
• virulentness

 

Translations

infectious, malignant, or deadly

• Catalan: virulent (ca)
• Czech: virulentní, nakažlivý (cs) m
• Esperanto: virulenta
• Finnish: tappava (fi), tarttuva (fi), vahingollinen (fi)
• French: virulent (fr)
• Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi), სასიკვდილო (sasiḳvdilo), სენიანი (seniani)
• German: virulent (de), extrem ansteckend
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• Hungarian: virulens
• Macedonian: заразен (zarazen)
• Romanian: virulent (ro)
• Russian: заразный (ru) (zaraznyj)

hostile

• Czech: nepřátelský (cs) m
• Finnish: katkera (fi), vihamielinen (fi)
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• French: virulent (fr)
• Romanian: virulent (ro)

See also

• pathogenic

Anagrams

• evil turn

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.ɾuˈlen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [vi.ɾuˈlent]

Adjective

virulent m or f (masculine and feminine plural virulents)

1. virulent

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Danish

Etymology

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Adjective

virulent (plural and definite singular attributive virulente)

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Further reading

• “virulent” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin virulentus. The second sense is probably a semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʁy.lɑ̃/

Adjective

virulent (feminine virulente, masculine plural virulents, feminine plural virulentes)

1. (medicine) virulent
2. virulent (hostile)

Further reading

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

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German

Etymology

From Latin virulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viʀuˈlɛnt/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ru‧lent

• Audio:

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Adjective

virulent (not comparable)

1. (medicine) virulent

Further reading

• “virulent” in Duden online