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/ˌɪn.fluˈɛn.zə/
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An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flu, grippe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contagious disease, contagion, respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
Narrower terms: Asian influenza, Asiatic flu, swine influenza, swine flu
Borrowed from Italian influenza (“influence”), from Latin influentia. Doublet of influence.
Across languages
Translations 79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
إِنْفْلُوَنْزَا
(ʔinfluwanzā)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Arabic :
گريب
(grīb)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Armenian :
գրիպ
(grip)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Belarusian :
грып
(hryp)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Bulgarian :
грип
(grip)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Bulgarian :
инфлуе́нца
(influénca)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Catalan :
grip
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Catalan :
influença
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Cebuano :
trangkaso
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Chamicuro :
e'tes̈huli
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Chinese Cantonese :
流感
(lau4 gam2)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Chinese Mandarin :
流行性感冒
(liúxíngxìng-gǎnmào)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Chinese Mandarin :
流感
(liúgǎn)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Czech :
chřipka
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Danish :
influenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Dutch :
griep
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Esperanto :
gripo
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Esperanto :
influenco
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Estonian :
gripp
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Faroese :
beinkrím
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Finnish :
influenssa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
French :
grippe
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
West-Frisian :
gryp
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Galician :
gripe
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Georgian :
გრიპი
(griṗi)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Georgian :
ინფლუენცა
(inpluenca)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
German :
Grippe
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
German :
Influenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
German :
Grippi
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Greenlandic :
nualluk
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Hungarian :
influenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Icelandic :
inflúensa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Icelandic :
flensa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Indonesian :
influenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Italian :
influenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Italian :
febbre
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Japanese :
流行性感冒
(ryūkōsei-kanbō)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Japanese :
インフルエンザ
(infuruenza)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Japanese :
インフル
(infuru)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Korean :
인플루엔자
(inpeulluenja)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Korean :
감기
(gamgi)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Northern Kurdish :
arsim
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Lithuanian :
gripas
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Macedonian :
грип
(grip)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Malay :
influenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Māori :
rewharewha
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Māori :
tarutawhiti
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Marshallese :
būļu
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Navajo :
tahoniigááh
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Navajo :
atsʼiiʼ honiigaah
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Persian :
آنفولانزا
(ânfulânzâ)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Polish :
grypa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Portuguese :
gripe
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Romanian :
gripă
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Russian :
грипп
(gripp)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Russian :
инфлюэ́нца
(infljuénca)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Scottish Gaelic :
cnatan mòr
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Serbo-Croatian :
грипа
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Serbo-Croatian :
грип
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Serbo-Croatian :
инфлуенца
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Serbo-Croatian :
gripa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Serbo-Croatian :
grip
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Serbo-Croatian :
influenca
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Slovak :
chrípka
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Slovene :
gripa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Slovene :
influenca
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Spanish :
gripe
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Spanish :
gripa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Spanish :
influenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Swedish :
influensa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Swedish :
flunsa
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Tagalog :
trangkaso
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Turkish :
grip
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Turkish :
enflüenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Ukrainian :
грип
(hryp)
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Vietnamese :
cúm
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Volapük :
grip
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Welsh :
ffliw
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
Zulu :
imfuluwenza
— an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs
