wirus

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French virus. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from American English virus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.rus/
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  • Rhymes: -irus
  • Syllabification: wi‧rus

Noun

wirus m animal (related adjective wirusowy)

  1. (virology) virus (infectious organism)
    Hypernym: patogen
  3. (computer security) computer virus, virus (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)
    Synonyms: bakcyl, insekt, robak

Declension

Declension of wirus
singular plural
nominative wirus wirusy
genitive wirusa wirusów
dative wirusowi wirusom
accusative wirusa/wirus wirusy
instrumental wirusem wirusami
locative wirusie wirusach
vocative wirusie wirusy

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • wirus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wirus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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