virus

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-2, indeclinable) venom (a poisonous substance secreted by animals or plants)
2. (declension-2, indeclinable) a plant- or animal-sourced substance with medicinal or magical properties
3. (declension-2, indeclinable) a liquid element that makes something taste or smell bitter or acrid
4. (declension-2, indeclinable) a liquid element that makes something taste or smell bitter or acrid
5. (New-Latin, declension-2, indeclinable) a virus (infectious organism)

Sinonieme

toxicum

venenum

virus venenum

mucus

Vertalings

poison

veneno

veleno

virus

veneno

mucus

vírus

Virus

poison

phlegm

slime

βιτούμιο

Gift

ιός

δηλητήριο

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈwiː.rʊs]

Etimologie (Engels)

Via rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“fluidity, slime, poison”). Cognates include Sanskrit विष (viṣá), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós, “poison”), Tocharian B wase, and Middle Irish fí. The neuter gender, despite its nominative singular ending -us being typical of the masculine second-declension, is possibly a relic of this term's inheritance from a neuter s-stem.