flu
See also: 'flu
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /fluː/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /flʉː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː, -ʉː
- Homophones: flew, flue
Noun edit
flu (usually uncountable, plural flus)
- Influenza.
- catch flu
- get over the flu
- transmit flu
- (informal) Stomach flu.
Usage notes edit
- Can be used with or without the definite article: I have the flu or I have flu
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from flu
- 24-hour flu
- Asian flu
- avian flu
- benzo flu
- bird flu
- blue flu
- brown bottle flu
- camel flu
- carb flu
- cocktail flu
- diplomatic flu
- Egyptian flu
- Ekka flu
- flu friend
- Flu Manchu
- flu mask
- flu party
- flu shot
- fluey
- flulike
- freshers' flu
- fuck flu
- gastric flu
- hog flu
- Hong Kong flu
- keto flu
- kung flu
- man flu
- Mexican flu
- Navajo flu
- pig flu
- piggy flu
- Russian flu
- Spanish flu
- stomach flu
- swine flu
- Teflon flu
- Wu flu
- Wuhan flu
- yuppie flu
Translations edit
influenza
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English flu (“influenza”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flu m (uncountable)
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
flu (first-person possessive fluku, second-person possessive flumu, third-person possessive flunya)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to the verb fly (“to fly”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun edit
flu n (definite singular fluet, indefinite plural flu, definite plural flua)
Verb edit
flu (present tense flur, past tense fludde, past participle flutt/fludd, passive infinitive fluast, present participle fluande, imperative flu)
- (intransitive) to fish using such a technique
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
flu f (definite singular flua, indefinite plural fluer, definite plural fluene)
- a bank or skerry which is underwater at high tide
Related terms edit
References edit
- “flu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
flu