Definitions For Coronavirus

Noun

CORONAVIRUS. (countable and uncountable, plural CORONAVIRUSs) (virology) A member of the family {{taxlink2, Coronaviridae, family, i=1}}, comprise, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single#adjective, single strand#noun, strand of rna. from 1968 (often the intended sense, since 2020) sars-cov-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease covid-19. {{quote-journal, en, url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/more-than-a-hundred-people-in-uk-infected-with-coronavirus, title=First UK death from coronavirus confirmed as cases surge to 116, work=The Guardian, passage=A woman in her 70s was confirmed as the first coronavirus death in the UK on Thursday as Downing Street warned that it was now highly likely that the virus would spread in “a significant way”., date=6 March 2020}} (metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus. covid-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus sars-cov-2.

Synonyms

{{s, member of the family Coronaviridae}} crown virus {{q, rare}} {{s, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2}} corona, rona, Wuhan virus, Wuhan coronavirus, China virus, Chinese virus {{s, the disease COVID-19}} corona, rona, Wuhan flu, kung flu

Derived terms

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Descendants

{{desc, sm, koronavairusi, bor=1}} {{desc, tkl, kolonavailuhi, bor=1}}

Translations

Albanian: koronavirus, m Amharic: ኮሮና ቫይረስ, ኮሮናቫይረስ Arabic: فِيرُوس كُورُونَا, m, ڤِيرُوس كُورُونَا, m Armenian: կորոնավիրուս, թագավարակ Azerbaijani: koronavirus Basque: koronabirus Belarusian: каранаві́рус, m Bengali: করোনাভাইরাস Breton: kurunviruz Bulgarian: коронави́рус, m Burmese: ကိုရိုနာဗိုင်းရပ်စ် (ko ro nar binerautit) Catalan: coronavirus, m Chinese: : Cantonese: 冠狀病毒 (gun1 zong6 beng6 duk6) : Mandarin: 冠狀病毒, tr=guānzhuàng bìngdú : Min Nan: {{t-needed, nan}} Corsican: coronavirus, m, curonavirus, m Czech: koronavirus Danish: coronavirus, c, n, corona {{q, informal}} Dutch: coronavirus, n Esperanto: koronaviruso, kronviruso Estonian: koroonaviirus Finnish: koronavirus French: coronavirus, m Galician: coronavirus, m, escornavirus, m {{qualifier, humorous}} Georgian: კორონავირუსი German: Coronavirus, n Gilaki: تاجي ويرۊس (tājī vīrūs), کؤرؤنا ويرۊس (koronā vīrūs ) Greek: κορωνοϊός, m, κορονοϊός, m, κορωναϊός, m, κοροναϊός, m Haitian Creole: kowonaviris Hebrew: קוֹרוֹנָה (koróna), נְגִיף קוֹרוֹנָה (negíf koróna) Hindi: कोरोना विषाणु, किरीट विषाणु, कोरोनावायरस, m Hungarian: koronavírus Icelandic: kórónaveira, f Indonesian: koronavirus, virus korona Irish: coróinvíreas, m, víreas corónach, m Italian: coronavirus, m Japanese: コロナウイルス, tr=koronauirusu, コロナ, tr=korona {{q, informal}} Kannada: ಕೊರೋನಾವೈರಸ್ Kazakh: қоронавирус Khmer: វីរុសកូរ៉ូណា Korean: 코로나바이러스, 코로나비루스 Kurdish: : Central Kurdish: ڤایرۆسی کۆرۆنا : Northern Kurdish: vîrusa koronayê Latin: vīrus corōnārium, n Latvian: koronavīruss, m Lithuanian: koronavirusas, m Macedonian: коронави́рус, m Malagasy: coronavirus Malay: koronavirus Malayalam: കൊറോണ വൈറസ് Maltese: koronavirus Manx: coronavirus, m Maori: huaketo korona Marathi: कोरोनाव्हायरस Mazanderani: کرؤنا ناخؤشي (koronā nāxošī) Meänkieli: koronaviirys Minangkabau: koronavirus Mongolian: корона вирус, титэм вирус Navajo: dikos ntsaaígíí Nepali: कोरोना भाइरस, किरीट विषाणु Norwegian: : Bokmål: koronavirus, n Occitan: coronavirus, m Odia: କରୋନାଭୂତାଣୁ Pennsylvania German: Coronavirus, n Persian: کروناویروس (koronâvirus), ویش تاجی (viš-e tâji) Polish: koronawirus, m Portuguese: coronavírus, m Romanian: coronavirus, n Russian: коронави́рус, m Santali: ᱠᱚᱨᱳᱱᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱭᱨᱟᱥ Scottish Gaelic: coròna-bhìoras, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: корона вирус, m : Roman: korona virus, m Sindhi: ڪوروناوائرس Sinhalese: කොරෝනා වෛරසය Slovak: koronavírus, m Slovene: koronavirus, m Spanish: coronavirus, m Swahili: virusi vya corona Swedish: coronavirus, n Tajik: коронависрус Tamil: கொரோனாவைரசு Telugu: కరోనా వైరస్‌ Thai: โคโรนาไวรัส, ไวรัสโคโรนา Translingual: Coronaviridae Turkish: koronavirüs Turkmen: koronawirus Ukrainian: коронаві́рус, m Urdu: کورونا وائرس}}, {{t, ur, کرونا وبا (karōnā wabā) Uyghur: تاجىسىمان ۋىرۇس Vietnamese: virus corona, coronavirus, vi-rút corona, siêu vi corona, siêu vi khuẩn corona, siêu vi trùng corona, vi trùng corona Volapük: kronavirud Walloon: coronivirûsse Welsh: coronafirws, m, coronafeirws, m West Frisian: coronafirus, koroanafirus Yakut: коронавирус Yiddish: קאָראָנאַ־ווירוס, m Yoruba: èràn kòrónà

Alternative forms

{{alt, en, corona virus, corona-virus}}

Etymology

transmission electron microscope, transmission electron micrograph of the {{w, Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus}} that emerged in 2012]] {{root, en, ine-pro, (s)ker-, id=turn, *weys-}} from corona + t1=crown-like circle of light appearing around the sun + virus.{{r:oed online + pos=n + id=266178 + date=june 2008 + nodot=yes}}{{r:lexico + pos=n}} corona is derived from {{der + en + la + corōna + t=garland, wreath; crown}}, from {{der + en + grc + κορώνη + t=something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip}}, from {{der + en + ine-pro + *(s)ker- + virions by electron microscopy, which have a fringe of surface projections creating an image reminiscent of a solar corona.ref{{cite-journal/">t=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.{{cite-journal + en + work={{w + nature (journal) + nature}} + title=virology: coronaviruses + date=16 november 1968 + volume=220 + issue=5168 + genus name {{m/">page=650}} compare the former genus name {{m + mul + coronavirus}}.

Anagrams

carnivorous {{c, en, Coronavirus, Viruses}}