virus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin virus (“poison, slime, venom”). First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus (plural viri or viruses)
- (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
- A type of microscopic agent that causes an infectious disease; the disease so caused.
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
- He caught a virus and had to stay home from school.
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- (pathology, microbiology, virology) A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat. It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 64)
- Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 64)
- (computing) A computer virus.
Hyponyms[edit]
- DNA virus
- RNA virus
- See also Wikisaurus:virus
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
DNA/RNA causing disease
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computer virus — see computer virus
See also[edit]
- prion
Plural of virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Plural of virus
Asturian[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus m (plural virus)
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Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus m (plural virus)
Related terms[edit]
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus m
Declension[edit]
Declension of virus
Related terms[edit]
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus c, n (singular definite virussen or virusset, plural indefinite virus or virusser or vira, plural definite virussene or virusserne or viraene)
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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audio (file)
Noun[edit]
virus n (plural virussen, diminutive virusje n)
- (microbiology) virus
- (computer science) virus
Descendants[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
Like most Latin borrowings, this word kept its original Latin gender (neuter); it is one of the few words ending in -us which is not masculine.
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | virus | virukset | |
| accusative | nom.? | virus | virukset |
| gen. | viruksen | ||
| genitive | viruksen | virusten viruksien |
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| partitive | virusta | viruksia | |
| inessive | viruksessa | viruksissa | |
| elative | viruksesta | viruksista | |
| illative | virukseen | viruksiin | |
| adessive | viruksella | viruksilla | |
| ablative | virukselta | viruksilta | |
| allative | virukselle | viruksille | |
| essive | viruksena | viruksina | |
| translative | virukseksi | viruksiksi | |
| instructive | — | viruksin | |
| abessive | viruksetta | viruksitta | |
| comitative | — | viruksineen | |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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audio (file)
Noun[edit]
virus m (plural virus)
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin virus (“poison, slime, venom”).
Noun[edit]
virus m (plural virus)
- virus (pathogen)
- computer virus
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus m
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via rhotacism from Proto-Indo-European *wisos, *wīsos, *wiHsos. Cognates include Sanskrit विष (víṣa), Ancient Greek ἰός (ios), and and Tocharian B wase.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vīrus n (genitive vīrī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Second declension neuter with nominative/accusative/vocative in -us.
| Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | vīrus |
| genitive | vīrī |
| dative | vīrō |
| accusative | vīrus |
| ablative | vīrō |
| vocative | vīrus |
Synonyms[edit]
- (poison): venenum
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
Declension[edit]
declension of virus
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender n | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | un virus | virusul | niște virusuri | virusurile |
| genitive/dative | unui virus | virusului | unor virusuri | virusurilor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
vírus m (Cyrillic spelling ви́рус)
- (medicine) virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
- (computing) computer virus
Declension[edit]
declension of virus
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | virus | virusi |
| genitive | virusa | virusa |
| dative | virusu | virusima |
| accusative | virus | viruse |
| vocative | viruse | virusi |
| locative | virusu | virusima |
| instrumental | virusom | virusima |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus m (plural virus)
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
virus n
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