different between colds vs coronavirus

English

Noun

colds

1. plural of cold

Anagrams

• clods, clos'd, scold

English

Alternative forms

• corona virus, corona-virus

Etymology

From corona (“crown-like circle of light appearing around the sun”) +? virus. Corona is derived from Latin cor?na (“garland, wreath; crown”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?, “something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). The name refers to the characteristic appearance of its virions by electron microscopy, which have a fringe of surface projections creating an image reminiscent of a solar corona. Compare the former genus name Coronavirus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????n??va???s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k???o?n??va???s/
• Hyphenation: co?ro?na?vi?rus

Noun

coronavirus (countable and uncountable, plural coronaviruses)

1. (virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae^ws, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]
   1. SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
2. (medicine) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
   1. COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Synonyms

• (member of the family Coronaviridae): crown virus (rare)
• (the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2): corona (clipping), rona (clipping)
• (the disease COVID-19): corona (clipping), rona (clipping)

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• coronavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• carnivorous

Catalan

Noun

coronavirus m (plural coronavirus)

1. (virology) coronavirus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Coronavirus. Equivalent to corona (“crown-like circle of light”) +? virus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??ro?.na??vi?.r?s/
• Hyphenation: co?ro?na?vi?rus

Noun

coronavirus n (plural coronavirussen)

1. coronavirus (member of the family Coronaviridae)
   • 1973 January 8, "Vrijwilligers melden trots een infectie", Nederlands Dagblad, page 4.

Derived terms

• corona
• coronaviraal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??.na.vi.?ys/

Noun

coronavirus m (plural coronavirus)

1. (virology) coronavirus

Galician

Noun

coronavirus m (plural coronavirus)

1. (virology) coronavirus

Italian

Etymology

From corona +? virus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ro.na?vi.rus/
• Hyphenation: co?ro?na?vì?rus

Noun

coronavirus m (plural coronavirus)

1. (virology) coronavirus

References

• coronavirus in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Manx

Etymology

From English coronavirus.

Noun

coronavirus m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. coronavirus

Mutation

Occitan

Noun

coronavirus m (plural coronavirus)

1. (virology) coronavirus

Romanian

Etymology

From English coronavirus (also formed from Latin cor?na +? virus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?rona?virus/
• Rhymes: -irus
• Hyphenation: co?ro?na?vi?rus

Noun

coronavirus n (plural coronavirusuri)

1. (virology) coronavirus

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

In part from English coronavirus (also formed from combination with corona +? virus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?ona?bi?us/, [ko.?o.na???i.?us]
• Rhymes: -i?us
• Hyphenation: co?ro?na?vi?rus

Noun

coronavirus m (plural coronavirus)

1. (virology) coronavirus

Swedish

Noun

coronavirus n

1. coronavirus

Declension

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• cô-rô-na vi-rút

Etymology

English coronavirus. From translingual Coronavirus, from Latin corona+Latin virus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?). Compare virus corona.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [k??? zo?? na??? vi?? ?ut???], [ko?? zo?? na??? vi?? ?ut???] ~ [k??? zo?? na??? vi?? zut???], [ko?? zo?? na??? vi?? zut???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [k??? ?ow?? na??? v?j?? ??k????], [kow?? ?ow?? na??? v?j?? ??k????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [k??? ?ow?? na??? v?j?? ??k?p???], [kow?? ?ow?? na??? v?j?? ??k?p???] ~ [k??? ?ow?? na??? j?j?? ??k?p???], [kow?? ?ow?? na??? j?j?? ??k?p???]
• Phonetic: co rô na vi Rút, cô rô na vi Rút

Noun

coronavirus

1. coronavirus

Synonyms

• (coronavirus): virus corona, siêu vi corona, siêu vi trùng corona, siêu vi khu?n corona, vi trùng corona