"virus" in seven languages
Meaningvirus
Spanish
virus
/ˈbiɾus/
masc.learned
Invariable: los virus.
French
virus
/viʁys/
masc.learned
Italian
virus
/ˈvirus/
masc.learned
Invariable: i virus.
Portuguese
vírus
/ˈvirus/
masc.learned
Romanian
virus
/ˈvirus/
neut.learned
Catalan
virus
/ˈbiɾus/
masc.learned
English
virus
/ˈvaɪɹəs/
from Latin/French · Latin VĪRUS
English → ItalianvirusvirusCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VĪRUS‘poison, venom, slimy liquid’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin VĪRUS meant 'poison'; medicine gave it its modern sense, and computing added another in all four languages. French says the u the French way: [viʁys].
English relatives: viral, virulent
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In a sentence
- esLa gripe la causa un virus.
- frLa grippe est causée par un virus.
- itL'influenza è causata da un virus.
- ptA gripe é causada por um vírus.
- roGripa e cauzată de un virus.
- caLa grip la causa un virus.
- enThe flu is caused by a virus.
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