Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word virus. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in virus.
Definitions and meaning of virus
virus
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Middle Englishvirus, from Latinvīrus(“poison, slime, venom”), via rhotacism from Proto-Italic*weizos, from Proto-Indo-European*wisós(“fluidity, slime, poison”). First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One.
Pronunciation
enPR: vīʹrəs, IPA(key): /ˈvaɪɹəs/
Rhymes: -aɪɹəs
Noun
virus (countable and uncountable, pluralvirusesor(rare)virussesor(rare)viraor(proscribed)virior(proscribed)virii)
A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism; such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:virus
(uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents
(informal, metonymically) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
(archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
(computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
(computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
(figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
Hypernyms
(computing):malware
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Amharic: ቫይረስ(vayräs)
→ Bengali: ভাইরাস(bhairaś)
→ Burmese: ဗိုင်းရပ်စ်(buing:rapc)
→ Dhivehi: ވައިރަސް(vairas)
→ Hindi: वायरस(vāyras)
→ Japanese: バイラス(bairasu)
→ Kannada: ವೈರಸ್(vairas)
→ Korean: 바이러스 (baireoseu)
→ Lao: ໄວຣັສ(wai rat)
→ Malay: virus
→ Malayalam: വൈറസ്(vaiṟasŭ)
→ Maltese: vajrus
→ Sinhalese: වෛරස(wairasa)
→ Telugu: వైరస్(vairas)
→ Thai: ไวรัส(wai-rát)
→ Urdu: وائرس
Translations
Verb
virus (third-person singular simple presentviruses, present participlevirusing, simple past and past participlevirused)
(nonstandard, rare) To send or infect an electronic device with a computer virus.
See also
prion
Further reading
Plural of virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Computer virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Asturian
Etymology
From Latinvīrus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbiɾus/, [ˈbi.ɾus]
Noun
virusm (pluralvirus)
virus
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Latinvīrus.
Noun
virus (definite accusativevirusu, pluralviruslar)
(medicine)virus
(computing) computer virus
Declension
Further reading
“virus” in Obastan.com.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinvīrus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central)[ˈbi.ɾus]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian)[ˈvi.ɾus]
Noun
virusm (invariable)
virus
Related terms
viral
víric
Cornish
Pronunciation
(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈviːrʏs]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈviːrɪz]
Noun
virusm (pluralvirusys)
virus
References
Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 190
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Russianвирус(virus).
Noun
virus
(virology)virus
Declension
References
“virus”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
Czech
Alternative forms
vir
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinvīrus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈvɪrus]
Noun
virusm inan
(virology)virus (a submicroscopic, non-cellular structure)
(computing) virus (a type of computer malware)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
virus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
virus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
virus in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Danish
Etymology
From Latinvīrus.
Noun
virusc or n (singular definitevirussenorvirusset, plural indefinitevirusorvirusserorvira, plural definitevirusseneorvirusserneorviraene)
virus
Dutch
Etymology
From Latinvīrus. Coined in the virological sense by Martinus Beijerinck; the word had been previously used for pathogens, although not for viruses in the modern sense. The computing sense derives from Englishvirus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈviː.rʏs/
Hyphenation: vi‧rus
Noun
virusn (pluralvirussen, diminutivevirusjen)
(microbiology)virus
(computer science) virus (computer virus)
Usage notes
Like most Latin borrowings, this word kept its original Latin gender (neuter); it is one of the few Dutch words ending in -us which is not masculine; cf. also corpus and opus. Marginally, use as a masculine noun is sometimes erroneously encountered, indeed based on the ending.
Derived terms
Related terms
viroloog
Finnish
Etymology
From Latinvīrus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈʋirus/, [ˈʋirus̠]
IPA(key): /ˈʋiːrus/, [ˈʋiːrus̠](proscribed)
Rhymes: -irus
Syllabification(key): vi‧rus
Noun
virus
virus
(computer security) virus (computer virus)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“virus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Anagrams
virsu
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinvīrus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vi.ʁys/
Noun
virusm (pluralvirus)
virus
Derived terms
Further reading
“virus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Latinvīrus(“poison, slime, venom”).
Noun
virusm (invariable)
virus (pathogen)
computer virus
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutchvirus, from Latinvīrus, from rhotacism from Proto-Italic*weizos, from Proto-Indo-European*wisós(“fluidity, slime, poison”). Doublet of bisa.
The computing sense is a semantic loan from Englishvirus.
(biology, virology) A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism; such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms.
(computing) computer virus: A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data.
Further reading
“virus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
virus (pluralviruses)
virus
Related terms
virusal
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinvīrus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈvi.rus/
Rhymes: -irus
Hyphenation: vì‧rus
Noun
virusm (invariable)
(virology)virus
Further reading
virus in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Ladino
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈvirus/
Noun
virusm (Latin spelling)
virus
Latin
Etymology
Via rhotacism from Proto-Italic*weizos, from Proto-Indo-European*wisós(“fluidity, slime, poison”). Cognates include Sanskritविष(viṣá), Ancient Greekἰός(iós), Tocharian Bwase, and Middle Irishfí. The neuter gender of this term despite its nominative singular ending in the masculine second-declension -us is possibly a relic of this term's inheritance from a neuter s-stem.
venom (a poisonous substance secreted by animals or plants)
a plant- or animal-sourced substance with medicinal or magical properties
a liquid element that makes something taste or smell bitter or acrid
(transferred sense) bitterness, acrimony (of speech, manner or disposition)
(New Latin) a virus(infectious organism)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, nominative/accusative/vocative in -us), singular only.
There is also the heteroclitic genitive singular vīrūs.
When used in modern biology with the same meaning of English virus, a plural can be formed using the same suffixes of regular neuters of the 2nd declension (i.e., vīra, vīrōrum, vīrīs, vīra, vīrīs, vīra):
Second-declension noun (neuter, nominative/accusative/vocative plural in -a).
Synonyms
(poison):venēnum
Derived terms
Descendants
References
“uīrus” on page 2286 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
"virus", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"virus". in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
virus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
"virus", in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Anagrams
rivus
Malay
Etymology
From Englishvirus, from Latinvīrus, from rhotacism from Proto-Italic*weizos.
(biology, virology) A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism; such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms.
Northern Sami
Etymology
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