Virus in Different Languages
Discover 'Virus' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Virus
Afrikaans virus | ||
Albanian virus | ||
Amharic ቫይረስ | ||
Arabic فايروس | ||
Armenian վիրուս | ||
Assamese ভাইৰাছ | ||
Aymara virus ukax wali askiwa | ||
Azerbaijani virus | ||
Bambara banakisɛ ye | ||
Basque birus | ||
Belarusian вірус | ||
Bengali ভাইরাস | ||
Bhojpuri वायरस के बा | ||
Bosnian virus | ||
Bulgarian вирус | ||
Catalan virus | ||
Cebuano mga bayrus | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 病毒 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 病毒 | ||
Corsican virus | ||
Croatian virus | ||
Czech virus | ||
Danish virus | ||
Dhivehi ވައިރަސް އެވެ | ||
Dogri वायरस दा | ||
Dutch virus | ||
English virus | ||
Esperanto viruso | ||
Estonian viirus | ||
Ewe dɔlékui aɖe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) virus | ||
Finnish virus | ||
French virus | ||
Frisian firus | ||
Galician virus | ||
Georgian ვირუსი | ||
German virus | ||
Greek ιός | ||
Guarani virus rehegua | ||
Gujarati વાઇરસ | ||
Haitian Creole viris | ||
Hausa ƙwayar cuta | ||
Hawaiian mea hoʻomaʻi | ||
Hebrew נגיף | ||
Hindi वाइरस | ||
Hmong kab mob vais lav | ||
Hungarian vírus | ||
Icelandic veira | ||
Igbo nje | ||
Ilocano virus | ||
Indonesian virus | ||
Irish víreas | ||
Italian virus | ||
Japanese ウイルス | ||
Javanese virus | ||
Kannada ವೈರಸ್ | ||
Kazakh вирус | ||
Khmer វីរុស | ||
Kinyarwanda virusi | ||
Konkani व्हायरस हो रोग | ||
Korean 바이러스 | ||
Krio vayrɔs | ||
Kurdish vîrus | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڤایرۆس | ||
Kyrgyz вирус | ||
Lao ໄວຣັສ | ||
Latin virus | ||
Latvian vīruss | ||
Lingala virus oyo babengi virus | ||
Lithuanian virusas | ||
Luganda akawuka | ||
Luxembourgish virus | ||
Macedonian вирус | ||
Maithili वायरस | ||
Malagasy viriosy | ||
Malay virus | ||
Malayalam വൈറസ് | ||
Maltese virus | ||
Maori huaketo | ||
Marathi विषाणू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯚꯥꯏꯔꯁ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯌꯥꯑꯣꯔꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo virus a ni | ||
Mongolian вирус | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဗိုင်းရပ်စ် | ||
Nepali भाइरस | ||
Norwegian virus | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kachilombo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜୀବାଣୁ | ||
Oromo vaayirasii | ||
Pashto وایرس | ||
Persian ویروس | ||
Polish wirus | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vírus | ||
Punjabi ਵਾਇਰਸ | ||
Quechua virus nisqawan | ||
Romanian virus | ||
Russian вирус | ||
Samoan vairusi | ||
Sanskrit वायरसः | ||
Scots Gaelic bhìoras | ||
Sepedi twatši | ||
Serbian вирус | ||
Sesotho vaerase | ||
Shona utachiona | ||
Sindhi وائرس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වයිරසය | ||
Slovak vírus | ||
Slovenian virus | ||
Somali fayruus | ||
Spanish virus | ||
Sundanese virus | ||
Swahili virusi | ||
Swedish virus | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) virus | ||
Tajik вирус | ||
Tamil வைரஸ் | ||
Tatar вирус | ||
Telugu వైరస్ | ||
Thai ไวรัส | ||
Tigrinya ቫይረስ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga xitsongwatsongwana | ||
Turkish virüs | ||
Turkmen wirus | ||
Twi (Akan) mmoawa a wɔde ɔyare mmoawa ba | ||
Ukrainian вірус | ||
Urdu وائرس | ||
Uyghur ۋىرۇس | ||
Uzbek virus | ||
Vietnamese vi-rút | ||
Welsh feirws | ||
Xhosa intsholongwane | ||
Yiddish וויירוס | ||
Yoruba kòkòrò àrùn fáírọọsì | ||
Zulu igciwane |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "virus" can also refer to a "venom" or "poisonous substance." |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word "virus" can also mean "poison". |
| Amharic | The word "ቫይረስ" in Amharic is derived from the Latin word "virus", meaning "poison". |
| Arabic | فايروس "virus" is an Arabic word referring to a microorganism that can only reproduce inside the living cells of an organism which comes from the Latin word "virus" that originated from "vira" (meaning poison or venom). |
| Armenian | The Armenian word |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "virus" can also refer to a type of evil spirit or supernatural being. |
| Basque | In Basque, "birus" also means "poison," deriving from the Proto-Basque root "*bir-," related to "bitter." |
| Belarusian | The word “вірус” (“virus”) is also used to refer to a computer virus. |
| Bengali | ভাইরাস শব্দটির অপর অর্থ হল হাস্যরস। |
| Bosnian | "Virus" is also the name of a mythological female figure in the folklore of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Bulgarian | The word "вирус" also means "poison" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "virus" can also refer to a "venom" or "poison". |
| Cebuano | "Mga bayrus" (virus) is a Cebuano term derived from Spanish "virus" and can also refer to computer viruses |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The term 病毒 (wìdú), composed of the characters 毒 ("toxin") and 毒 ("virus"), originated in ancient Chinese medicine referring to pathogenic agents |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 病毒在中文中的另一个意思是毒素或有害物質，源自於其原始含義"有毒的黏液"。 |
| Corsican | "Virus" can also mean poison or venom in Corsican, like in "U virusu di a vipera" (the viper's venom). |
| Croatian | The word virus (Croatian: virus) originates from the Latin term meaning poison or venom. |
| Czech | The Czech word "virus" originally referred to a kind of poisonous substance |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "virus" can also mean "venom" or "poison". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "virus" also refers to a "venom" or "poisonous substance". |
| Esperanto | "Viruso" derives from the Esperanto word "veneno", meaning poison, and shares a root with the Latin word "virus". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "viirus" is a direct borrowing from Latin "virus", which originally referred to "poison" or "venom". |
| Finnish | The word "virus" is also used in Finnish to describe a computer virus. |
| French | The French word “virus” can also refer to “a harmful or malevolent thing”. |
| Frisian | The word "firus" in Frisian derives from the Latin word "virus", meaning "poison". |
| Galician | The Galician word "virus" also means "poison" or "toxin." |
| German | The word "Virus" in German can also refer to a type of computer malware. |
| Greek | The Greek word "ιός" (virus) can also refer to animal poisons |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word 'viris' is cognate with the French word 'virus' and the Latin word 'virus,' meaning 'poison' or 'venom'. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "ƙwayar cuta" can also mean "germ" or "bacteria". |
| Hawaiian | "Mea hoʻomaʻi" has multiple meanings including an illness or sickness caused by a deity or spirit. |
| Hebrew | "נגיף" (virus) is a Hebrew word that can also mean "plague" or "scourge". |
| Hindi | The word "वाइरस" (virus) comes from the Latin word "virus", meaning "poison" or "venom". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kab mob vais lav" is a loanword from the Chinese word "感冒" (gǎnmào), which means "common cold". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "vírus" can also refer to a small, parasitic organism that causes disease in plants. |
| Icelandic | The word "veira" also means "line" or "seam" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | Igbo's word for "virus" (nje) also denotes "a tiny thing" |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "virus" also means "poison" or "venom". |
| Irish | The Irish word 'víreas' comes from the Latin word 'virus', meaning 'poison' or 'venom'. |
| Italian | In Italian, "virus" also means "poison" or "venom". |
| Japanese | "ウイルス" can refer to a computer virus, in addition to its meaning as a biological virus. |
| Javanese | "Racun" (poison) in Javanese, although it can also refer to "an evil spirit that causes disease". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ವೈರಸ್" (virus) is derived from the Sanskrit word "विष" (poison) and the suffix "-ус" (meaning "poisonous"). |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "вирус" comes from the Latin word "virus" meaning "poison" or "venom". |
| Khmer | The Khmer term "វីរុស" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विष", meaning "poison". |
| Korean | "바이러스" ("virus") is also sometimes used to refer to toxic gases or toxic smoke in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "vîrûs" does not have any alternate meanings; it is always a reference to a biological virus. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz language, "вирус" can also refer to someone who poisons someone else's life, either knowingly or unknowingly. |
| Lao | The word |
| Latin | In Latin, "virus" originally meant "venom" or "poison" and was used to describe harmful substances like animal venom or plant toxins. |
| Latvian | Latvian "vīruss" comes from Latin "virus" meaning "poison" or "venom" and is also related to Latvian "vīr" meaning "man". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "virusas" also means "poison". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, the word "вирус" can also refer to a type of malware or a computer virus. |
| Malagasy | The word "viriosy" in the Malagasy language can also be used to indicate a germ, poison, or infection. |
| Malay | In Malay, "virus" can also mean "a malicious computer program that infects a computer system and damages files or data." |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, the word "വൈറസ്" can also refer to "poison" or "malice". |
| Maltese | The word 'virus' in Maltese also refers to the toxic substance released by bacteria into its surroundings. |
| Maori | The Maori word 'huaketo' derives from the words 'hua' (fruit) and 'keto' (small), meaning 'small fruit'. |
| Marathi | 'विषाणू' originates from Sanskrit 'विष' (poison) and 'अणु' (small particle), referring to its toxic nature. |
| Nepali | The word "भाइरस" is derived from the Latin word "virus", meaning "poison" or "venom". |
| Norwegian | The word "virus" originates from the Latin word "virion" meaning "poison." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Kachilombo may also refer to a very strong or persistent smell. |
| Pashto | The word "وایرس" (virus) in Pashto is also used to refer to a type of computer virus. |
| Polish | The word "wirus" derives from the Latin "virus" and its original meaning referred to a poisonous substance. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Vírus" in Portuguese also means "poison" or "venom". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਵਾਇਰਸ" (virus) in Punjabi has no alternate meanings and is derived from the Latin word "virus" meaning "poison". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word for virus, "virus," is derived from the Latin word for poison, "virus. |
| Russian | The Russian word "вирус" (virus) also refers to a type of computer malware. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "vairusi" is most likely derived from the Samoan word "fa'i", meaning "banana", due to viruses' banana-like shape. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word `bhìoras` also means "venom" and derives from the Old Irish word *bíor," meaning "venom of a snake or serpent". |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the word "вирус" also refers to a computer program intended to infect and damage a computer system. |
| Sesotho | The word 'vaerase' in Sesotho refers to a contagious disease, but it also carries the connotation of something that is harmful or destructive. |
| Shona | The term 'utachiona' in Shona can also refer to "something that cannot be seen" or "a disease that spreads through water". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "වයිරසය" (virus) is derived from the Latin word "virus," meaning "poison" or "venom." |
| Slovak | The word "vírus" in Slovak can also refer to a type of malevolent spiritual being. |
| Slovenian | The word "virus" in Slovenian can also mean "a kind of worm, maggot, or microbe." |
| Somali | The Somali word "fayruus" derives from the Arabic "fīrūs", meaning "harmful substance". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "virus" can also refer to a poison or venom. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "virus" has no other meanings besides "virus" itself. |
| Swahili | "Virusi" in Swahili also refers to a type of parasitic plant or weed. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "virus" can also mean "confusion" or "mess". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Virus" in Tagalog also carries the alternate meaning 'poison'. |
| Tajik | "Вирус" in Tajik came from the Latin word "virus" meaning "poison" or "toxic substance." |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "వైరస్" can also refer to "venomous or poisonous". |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ไวรัส" comes from Sanskrit and it also means seed or poison. |
| Turkish | "Virüs" sözcüğü Türkçede "zehir" anlamına da gelir. |
| Ukrainian | Існує також словосполучення "вірус душі", яке в переносному значенні позначає негативний духовний вплив на людину. |
| Urdu | The word 'virus' also means 'antagonism' or 'evil spirit' in Persian where it originally derives from. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "virus" can also refer to a type of computer malware. |
| Vietnamese | "Vi-rút" is a Sino-Vietnamese term derived from the Latin word "virus", meaning "poison". |
| Welsh | The word "feirws" in Welsh also means "venom" or "poison". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, 'intsholongwane' is also used to refer to something tiny and almost invisible. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "וויירוס" can also mean "a poisonous snake" |
| Yoruba | The word "kòkòrò àrùn fáírọọsì" is a compound word that literally means "small thing that causes sickness". "Kòkòrò" means "small thing" and "àrùn" means "sickness". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'igciwane' shares a root with the word for 'small' or 'young' ('ingane'), indicating a perception of viruses as 'the little ones'. |
| English | The word "virus" comes from the Latin word "virus" meaning "poison" or "venom". |