coronavirus

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh2-der. Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē)bor. Latin corōna Italian coronabor. English corona Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English coronavirus From corona (“crown-like circle of light appearing around the sun”) + virus. Corona is derived from Latin corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “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.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Amharic: ኮሮና ቫይረስ (korona vayräs) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Amharic: ኮሮናቫይረስ (koronavayräs) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Arabic: فَيْرُوس كُورُونَا (fayrūs kūrūnā) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Arabic: ڤَيْرُوس كُورُونَا (vayrūs kūrūnā) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Armenian: կորոնավիրուս (koronavirus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Armenian: թագավարակ (tʻagavarak) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Azerbaijani: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Basque: koronabirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Belarusian: каранаві́рус (karanavírus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Bengali: করোনাভাইরাস (korōnabhairaś) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Breton: kurunviruz — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Bulgarian: коронави́рус (koronavírus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Burmese: ကိုရိုနာဗိုင်းရပ်စ် (kuiruinabuing:rapc) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Catalan: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Chinese Cantonese: 冠狀病毒 /冠状病毒 (gun1 zong6 beng6 duk6) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Chinese Mandarin: 冠狀病毒 /冠状病毒 (guānzhuàng bìngdú) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Corsican: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Corsican: curonavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Czech: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Danish: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Danish: corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Dutch: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Esperanto: koronaviruso — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Esperanto: kronviruso — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Estonian: koroonaviirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Finnish: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• French: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• West-Frisian: coronafirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• West-Frisian: koroanafirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Galician: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Galician: escornavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Georgian: კორონავირუსი (ḳoronavirusi) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• German: Coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Gilaki: تاجي ويرۊس (tājī vīrūs) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Gilaki: کؤرؤنا ويرۊس (koronā vīrūs) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Greek: κορωνοϊός (koronoïós) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Greek: κορονοϊός (koronoïós) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Greek: κορωναϊός (koronaïós) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Greek: κοροναϊός (koronaïós) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Haitian Creole: kowonaviris — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Hebrew: קוֹרוֹנָה (koróna) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Hebrew: נְגִיף קוֹרוֹנָה (negíf koróna) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Hindi: कोरोना विषाणु (koronā viṣāṇu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Hindi: किरीट विषाणु (kirīṭ viṣāṇu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Hindi: कोरोनावायरस (koronāvāyras) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Hungarian: koronavírus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Icelandic: kórónaveira — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Indonesian: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Indonesian: virus korona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Irish: coróinvíreas — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Irish: víreas corónach — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Italian: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Japanese: コロナウイルス (koronauirusu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Japanese: コロナ (korona) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Kannada: ಕೊರೋನಾವೈರಸ್ (korōnāvairas) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Kazakh: қоронавирус (qoronavirus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Khmer: វីរុសកូរ៉ូណា (viiruh kourounaa) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Korean: 코로나바이러스 (koronabaireoseu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Korean: 코로나비루스 (koronabiruseu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Central Kurdish: ڤایرۆسی کۆرۆنا (vayrosî korona) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Northern Kurdish: vîrusa koronayê — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Latin: vīrus corōnārium — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Latvian: koronavīruss — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Lithuanian: koronavirusas — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Macedonian: коронави́рус (koronavírus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Malagasy: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Malay: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Malayalam: കൊറോണ വൈറസ് (koṟōṇa vaiṟasŭ) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Maltese: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Manx: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Māori: huaketo korona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Marathi: कोरोनाव्हायरस (koronāvhāyras) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Mazanderani: کرؤنا ناخؤشي (koronā nāxošī) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Meänkieli: koronaviirys — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Minangkabau: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Mongolian: корона вирус — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Mongolian: титэм вирус — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Navajo: dikos ntsaaígíí — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Nepali: कोरोना भाइरस (koronā bhāiras) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Nepali: किरीट विषाणु (kirīṭ viṣāṇu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Norwegian Bokmål: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Occitan: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Odia: କରୋନାଭୂତାଣୁ (karonābhutāṇu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Pennsylvania German: Coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Persian: کروناویروس (koronâvirus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Persian: ویش تاجی (viš-e tâji) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Polish: koronawirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Portuguese: coronavírus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Romanian: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Russian: коронави́рус (koronavírus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Santali: ᱠᱚᱨᱳᱱᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱭᱨᱟᱥ (kôrona bhayras) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Scottish Gaelic: coròna-bhìoras — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Serbo-Croatian: корона вирус — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Serbo-Croatian: korona virus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Sindhi: ڪوروناوائرس (koronoārs) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Sinhalese: කොරෝනා වෛරසය (korōnā wairasaya) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Slovak: koronavírus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Slovene: koronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Spanish: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Swahili: virusi vya corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Swedish: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Tajik: коронависрус (koronavisrus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Tamil: கொரோனாவைரசு (korōṉāvairacu) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Tamil: கொரோனா (korōṉā) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Telugu: కరోనా వైరస్ (karōnā vairas) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Thai: โคโรนาไวรัส — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Thai: ไวรัสโคโรนา — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Translingual: Coronaviridae — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Turkish: koronavirüs — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Turkmen: koronawirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Ukrainian: коронаві́рус (koronavírus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Urdu: کورونا وائرس — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Urdu: کرونا وبا (karōnā wabā) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Uyghur: تاجىسىمان ۋىرۇس (tajisiman wirus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Uyghur: كورونا ۋىرۇس (korona wirus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Vietnamese: virus corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Vietnamese: coronavirus — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Vietnamese: vi-rút corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Vietnamese: siêu vi corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Vietnamese: siêu vi khuẩn corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Vietnamese: siêu vi trùng corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Vietnamese: vi trùng corona — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Volapük: kronavirud — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Walloon: coronivirûsse — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Welsh: coronafirws — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Welsh: coronafeirws — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Yakut: коронавирус (koronavirus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Yiddish: קאָראָנאַ־ווירוס (korona-virus) — member of the family Coronaviridae
• Yoruba: èràn kòrónà — member of the family Coronaviridae