vaccine

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• Received-Pronunciation:
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• General-American: /vækˈsin/
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• General-American: /ˈvækˌsin/
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• rhymes with -iːn
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• rhymes with -ɪn
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• rhymes with (GA) -iːn
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• CMU ARPABET: V AE2 K S IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin vaccīnus (“of or derived from a cow”), from vacca (“cow (female cattle)”) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Sense 1 refers to the early use of the cowpox virus as a vaccination against smallpox: see New Latin variolae vaccīnae (“cowpox”, plural, literally “infectious diseases of cattle causing pustules”), coined by the British physician and scientist Edward Jenner (1749–1823).

The noun is probably partly: * derived from vaccine (adjective) (see etymology 1); and * borrowed from French vaccine (“cowpox (short for variole vaccine); vaccination against smallpox using material from cowpox”), vaccin (“cowpox material used for smallpox vaccination”), both noun uses of vaccin (adjective), from Latin vaccīnus (see etymology 1). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian vaccina * Portuguese vacina * Spanish vacuna

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: lehmänrokko- — of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox
• Portuguese: vacínico — of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox
• Finnish: lehmänrokko- — of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination
• Portuguese: vacínico — of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination
• Afrikaans: vaksine — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Afrikaans: entstof — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Albanian: vaksinë — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Arabic: لَقَاح (laqāḥ) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Armenian: վակցինա (vakcʻina) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Armenian: պատվաստանյութ (patvastanyutʻ) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Assamese: ছিটা (sita) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Assamese: টিকা (tika) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Asturian: vacuna — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Azerbaijani: vaksin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Azerbaijani: aşı — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Azerbaijani: peyvənd — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Basque: txerto — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Belarusian: вакцы́на (vakcýna) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Bengali: ভ্যাক্সিন (bhêkśin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Bengali: টীকা (ṭika) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Bulgarian: вакси́на (vaksína) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Burmese: ကာကွယ်ဆေး (ka-kwaihce:) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Catalan: vaccí — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Catalan: vacuna — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Chinese Cantonese: 疫苗 (jik6 miu4) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Chinese: 疫苗 (zh-min-nan) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Chinese Mandarin: 疫苗 (yìmiáo) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Czech: vakcína — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Czech: očkovací látka — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Danish: vaccine — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Dhivehi: ވެކްސިން (vek̊sin̊) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Dutch: vaccin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Dutch: entstof — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Esperanto: vakcino — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Estonian: vaktsiin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Faroese: koppingarevni — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Finnish: rokote — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• French: vaccin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Galician: vacina — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Georgian: ვაქცინა (vakcina) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Georgian: აცრა (acra) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• German: Vakzin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• German: Vakzine — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• German: Impfstoff — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Greek: εμβόλιο (emvólio) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Gujarati: રસી (rasī) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hawaiian: lāʻau koʻokoʻo — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hebrew: חִסּוּן — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hebrew: חיסון (khisún) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hindi: वैक्सीन (vaiksīn) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hindi: टीका (ṭīkā) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hungarian: vakcina — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hungarian: oltás — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Hungarian: védőoltás — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Icelandic: bóluefni — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Indonesian: vaksin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Irish: vacsaín — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Italian: vaccino — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Japanese: ワクチン (wakuchin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Japanese: 痘苗 (tōbyō) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Kannada: ಲಸಿಕೆ (lasike) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Kazakh: вакцина (vaksina) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Kazakh: екпе (ekpe) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Khmer: វ៉ាក់សាំង (vaksang) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Korean: 백신 (baeksin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Korean: 두묘 (dumyo) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Northern Kurdish: vaksîn — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Northern Kurdish: kutan — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Northern Kurdish: fetrûm — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Kyrgyz: вакцина (vaktsina) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Ladin: dlavea — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Lao: ວັກຊີນ (wak sīn) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Latvian: vakcīna — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Lithuanian: vakcina — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Lithuanian: skiepas — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Macedonian: вакци́на (vakcína) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Malagasy: vaksiny — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Malay: vaksin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Malay: benih cacar — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Malay: pelali — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Malay: tampang cacar — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Malayalam: വാക്സിൻ (vāksiṉ) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Malayalam: പ്രതിരോധമരുന്ന് (pratirōdhamarunnŭ) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Maltese: vaċċin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Maltese: tilqima — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Māori: okaoka — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Māori: kano ārai mate — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Māori: rongoā āraimate — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Marathi: लस (las) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Mongolian: вакцин (vakcin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Norman: vaccîn — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Norwegian Bokmål: vaksine — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vaksine — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Pashto: واکسين (wāksin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Persian: واکسن (vâksan) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Pingelapese: doak in silasil — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Pohnpeian: dok en silasil — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Polish: wakcyna — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Polish: szczepionka — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Portuguese: vacina — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Romanian: vaccin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Russian: вакци́на (vakcína) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Russian: приви́вка (privívka) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Scottish Gaelic: banachdach — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Serbo-Croatian: вакци́на — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Serbo-Croatian: це̏пӣво — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Serbo-Croatian: цје̏пӣво — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Serbo-Croatian: vakcína — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Serbo-Croatian: cȅpīvo — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Serbo-Croatian: cjȅpīvo — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Slovak: vakcína — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Slovene: cepivo — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Spanish: vacuna — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Spanish: linfa — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Swahili: chanjo — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Swahili: dawa ya chanjo — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Swedish: vaccin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Tagalog: bakuna — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Tajik: ваксина (vaksina) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Telugu: వ్యాక్సిన్ (vyāksin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Telugu: వ్యాక్సీన్ (vyāksīn) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Telugu: టీకా (ṭīkā) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Thai: วัคซีน (wák-siin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Tibetan: འབྲུམ་སྨན ('brum sman) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Turkish: aşı — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Turkmen: waksina — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Ukrainian: вакци́на (vakcýna) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Urdu: ویکسین (vaiksīn) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Urdu: ٹیکا (ṭīkā) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Urdu: ٹیکہ (ṭīka) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Urdu: حفاظتی ٹیکا (hifāzatī-ṭīkā) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Urdu: حفاظتی ٹیکہ (hifāzatī-ṭīka) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Uyghur: ۋاكسىنا (waksina) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Uzbek: vaksina — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Uzbek: vaktsina — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Vietnamese: vắc-xin — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Vietnamese: chủng ngừa — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Vietnamese: kháng nguyên — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Welsh: brechlyn — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Yakut: вакцина (vaktsina) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Yakut: быһыы (bïhïï) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Yiddish: וואַקצין (vaktsin) — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Zhuang: yizmyauz — substance given to stimulate a body’s production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
• Finnish: lehmänrokosta tehty isorokkorokote — material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox
• Finnish: rokote — something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine