different between virii vs viri

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??a?/

Noun

virii

1. (proscribed) plural of virus

Usage notes

• The plural virii, though common, is based on a misunderstanding of Latin. There is no example of a plural for the word virus in Classical Latin.

References

• Plural of virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va??a?/

Noun

viri

1. (proscribed) Incorrect plural of virus, which in Latin amounts to a singulare tantum.

Usage notes

• In historical Latin usage, no plural form of virus was attested. Both viri, and the more erroneous form virii, appear jokingly or in error in English, especially in the computing sense.

Further reading

• Plural of virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plural form of words ending in -us

References

Catalan

Verb

viri

1. third-person singular imperative form of virar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of virar
3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of virar

Finnish

Etymology

From the same root as vireä; vireä +? -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??iri/, [??iri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: vi?ri

Noun

viri

1. small ripples
2. breath of wind

Declension

Synonyms

• (ripples): kare

Anagrams

• irvi, rivi

Ido

Noun

viri

1. plural of viro

Italian

Verb

viri

1. second-person singular present indicative of virare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of virare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of virare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of virare
5. third-person singular imperative of virare

Anagrams

• rivi

Latin

Etymology 1

Forms of vir.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i.ri?/, [?u???i?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.ri/, [?vi??i]

Noun

vir?

1. nominative plural of vir
2. genitive singular of vir
3. vocative plural of vir

Etymology 2

Forms of virus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i?.ri?/, [?u?i??i?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.ri/, [?vi??i]

Noun

v?r?

1. genitive singular of v?rus

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-b??d??.

Adjective

-virí

1. two

Inflection

Veps

Etymology

From the verb viritada.

Noun

viri

1. match (tool to make fire)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika