different between viral vs virial

English

Etymology

virus +? -al From the stem of virus and the suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v??r?l, IPA^(key): /?va???l/
• Rhymes: -a?r?l

Adjective

viral (not comparable)

1. (virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.

2. (virology) Caused by a virus.

3. (computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
4. (advertising and marketing) Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.
5. (social media) Circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.

Synonyms

• virous (dated)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

viral (plural virals)

1. (marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
   • 2002, Nik Lever, Flash Mx Games: ActionScript for Artists, Focal Press, page 411,

     Using the Flash ActiveX control in this way allows you as a developer to create desktop characters, email virals and screensavers.

   • 2003, Dave Chaffey, Total E-Mail Marketing, Elsevier, page 2,

     [M]ost virals are not seen as profiling and data collection exercises, since that would kill the impulse of forwarding to a friend.

   • 2005, Russell Evans, Practical DV Filmmaking, Focal Press, page 289,

     Music company virals are becoming commonplace as costs of promos force labels to reconsider how to target more directly to consumers.

Anagrams

• Avril, arvil, rival

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi??al/

Adjective

viral (masculine and feminine plural virals)

1. viral (of or relating to a biologic virus)

   Synonym: víric

2. viral (caused by a virus)

   Synonym: víric

3. viral (spread by word of mouth)

Related terms

• virus

Further reading

• “viral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “viral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “viral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From virus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.?al/

Adjective

viral (feminine singular virale, masculine plural viraux, feminine plural virales)

1. viral (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “viral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• avril, livra, rival

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi??a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

viral (not comparable)

1. viral

Declension

Derived terms

• antiviral

Indonesian

Etymology

From English viral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?viral]
• Hyphenation: vi?ral

Adjective

viral

1. viral:
   1. (computing, virology) of or relating to virus; caused by a virus.
   2. (advertising, marketing, social media) circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “viral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

From vírus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.??aw/

Adjective

viral m or f (plural virais, comparable)

1. (microbiology) viral (relating to viruses)
2. (medicine, of a disease) viral (caused by a virus)
3. (Internet) viral (quickly attaining high popularity through word of mouth)

Related terms

• vírus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French viral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?ral/

Adjective

viral m or n (feminine singular viral?, masculine plural virali, feminine and neuter plural virale)

1. (biology) viral (relating to viruses)
2. (medicine, of a disease) viral (caused by a virus)
3. (Internet) viral (quickly attaining high popularity)

Synonyms

• (relating to viruses, caused by a virus): virotic

Related terms

• virus

Spanish

Etymology

virus +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi??al/, [bi??al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

viral (plural virales)

1. viral (of or relating to a biologic virus)

   Synonym: vírico

2. viral (caused by a virus)

   Synonym: vírico

3. viral (spread by word of mouth)

Derived terms

• antiviral

Further reading

• “viral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

From Latin v?s (v?s has a hidden "r" that shows in forms such as the genitive plural, v?rium)

Adjective

virial (not comparable)

1. (mechanics) Of or pertaining to the interactive forces between molecules or particles

Noun

virial (plural virials)

1. (mechanics) Half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles.
   • 1875, James Clerk Maxwell, On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies, Nature 11 (1875), 357-359, 374-377,

     The quantity 1/2 Rr, or half the product of the attraction into the distance across which the attraction is exerted, is defined by Clausis [Prof. Clausis of Bonn] as the virial of the attraction. (In the case of pressure or repulsion, the virial is negative.)

Derived terms

• virialize
• virialization

Related terms

• vis
• vim

Etymology 2

Adjective

virial (not comparable)

1. Misspelling of viral.