Phrase guide

swine flu

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Influenza caused by certain orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: swine influenza

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: influenza, flu, grippe

History

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِنْفْلُوَنْزَا خَنَازِير (ʔinfluwanzā ḵanāzīr) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Armenian: խոզագրիպ (xozagrip) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Armenian: խոզի գրիպ — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豬流感 /猪流感 (zhūliúgǎn) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Dutch: varkensgriep — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Esperanto: porka gripo — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Finnish: sikainfluenssa — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Finnish: possunuha — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Finnish: sikaflunssa — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • French: grippe porcine — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Georgian: ღორის გრიპი (ɣoris griṗi) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • German: Schweinegrippe — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Greek: γρύπη των χοιρών (grýpi ton choirón) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Hungarian: sertésinfluenza — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Icelandic: svínaflensa — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Italian: febbre suina — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Italian: influenza suina — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Japanese: 豚インフルエンザ (buta-infuruenza) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Luxembourgish: Schwéngsgripp — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Macedonian: свински грип — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Norwegian: svineinfluensa — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Polish: świńska grypa — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Portuguese: gripe suína — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Romanian: gripă porcină — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Russian: свино́й грипп (svinój gripp) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Spanish: gripe porcina — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Swedish: svininfluensa — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Tamil: பன்றிக்காய்ச்சல் (paṉṟikkāyccal) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Turkish: domuz gribi — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses
  • Ukrainian: свиня́чий грип (svynjáčyj hryp) — influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses