HIV

See also: hiv, hív, HIV+, and HIV-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪt͡ʃ.aɪˈviː/

Noun

HIV (uncountable)

1. (virology) Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus. [from 1986]
2. (engineering) Initialism of header isolation valve.
3. (aeronautics) Initialism of helium isolation valve.
4. (aviation) Initialism of hydraulic isolation valve.

Synonyms

• HIV virus (pleonastic), house in Virginia (euphemistic)

Hyponyms

• HIV-1 (global distribution), HIV-2 (West Africa)

Derived terms

• HIV negative
• HIV positive
• HIV virus
• HIV+
• HIV/AIDS
• HIV-1
• HIV-2
• PLWH

 

Translations

human immunodeficiency virus

• Afrikaans: MIV
• Armenian: ՄԻԱՎ (hy) (MIAV)
• Belarusian: ВІЧ (VIČ)
• Catalan: VIH m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾滋病毒 (zh) (àizī bìngdú)

• Dutch: hiv (nl)
• Finnish: HI-virus (fi), HIV (fi)
• French: VIH (fr)
• German: HIV (de), HI-Virus
• Hindi: एचआईवी (ecaāīvī)
• Icelandic: HIV f, eyðniveira f
• Irish: VEID (ga), víreas easpa imdhíonachta daonna m
• Japanese: HIV (ja) (エッチアイブイ, etchiaibui), 人免疫不全ウイルス (ja), ヒト免疫不全ウイルス (ja) (hito men'eki fuzen uirusu)
• Khmer: មេរោគអេដស៍ (meirook ʼeet)
• Lithuanian: ŽIV
• Mongolian: ХДХВ (XDXV)
• Navajo: atsʼíís yichʼą́ą́h naabaah bąąh dahooʼaʼ, atsʼíís yichʼą́ą́h naabaahii bąąh dah hazʼą́ yileehgo
• Norwegian: hiv (no)
• Occitan: VIU m
• Persian: اچ‌آی‌وی‎ (eč-ây-vi)
• Polish: HIV (pl) m
• Portuguese: HIV (pt) m, SIDA (pt) f, VIH (pt) m
• Russian: ВИЧ (ru) m (VIČ)
• Scottish Gaelic: HIV
• Spanish: VIH (es) m
• Swahili: VVU
• Swedish: hiv (sv)
• Turkish: HIV (tr)
• Ukrainian: ВІЛ (VIL)
• Welsh: FDID m, firws diffyg imiwnedd dynol m, HIV m
• Yoruba: KASA, kòkòrò apa-sójà-ara, kòkòrò àrùn éèdì

See also

• FIV
• SIV
• LAV (former name of HIV)

Anagrams

• IHV

Finnish

Etymology

From English HIV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiʋ/, [ˈhiʋ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːˌiːˌʋeː/, [ˈho̞ːˌiːˌʋe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -oːiːʋeː
• Syllabification^(key): hoo‧ii‧vee

Noun

HIV

1. (virology) HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)

Declension

If pronounced /hiʋ/:

Inflection of HIV (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		HIV	HIVit
genitive		HIVin	HIVien
partitive		HIViä	HIVejä
illative		HIViin	HIVeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		HIV	HIVit
accusative	nom.	HIV	HIVit
	gen.	HIVin
genitive		HIVin	HIVien
partitive		HIViä	HIVejä
inessive		HIVissä	HIVeissä
elative		HIVistä	HIVeistä
illative		HIViin	HIVeihin
adessive		HIVillä	HIVeillä
ablative		HIViltä	HIVeiltä
allative		HIVille	HIVeille
essive		HIVinä	HIVeinä
translative		HIViksi	HIVeiksi
instructive		—	HIVein
abessive		HIVittä	HIVeittä
comitative		—	HIVeineen

Possessive forms of HIV (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	HIVini	HIVimme
2nd person	HIVisi	HIVinne
3rd person	HIVinsä

If pronounced /hoːˌiːˌʋeː/:

Declension of HIV (type filee) singular plural nominative HIV HIV:t genitive HIV:n HIV:iden HIV:itten partitive HIV:ta HIV:ita accusative HIV HIV:n HIV:t inessive HIV:ssa HIV:issa elative HIV:sta HIV:ista illative HIV:hän HIV:seen HIV:ihin HIV:isiin adessive HIV:lla HIV:illa ablative HIV:lta HIV:ilta allative HIV:lle HIV:ille essive HIV:na HIV:ina translative HIV:ksi HIV:iksi instructive – HIV:in abessive HIV:tta HIV:itta comitative – HIV:ineen

Derived terms

• HIV-negatiivinen
• HIV-positiivinen

Japanese

Etymology

From English HIV.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エッチアイブ​イ [ètchíáíbúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [e̞t̚t͡ɕia̠ibɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

HIV(エイチアイブイ) or HIV(エッチアイブイ) • (eichiaibui or etchiaibui) 

1. Synonym of 人免疫不全ウイルス (hito men'eki fuzen uirusu, “human immunodeficiency virus”); HIV

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English HIV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xif/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -if
• Syllabification: HIV

Noun

HIV m inan (indeclinable)

1. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)

Further reading

• HIV in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• HIV in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English HIV.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa ˈi ˈve/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡa ˈi ˈve/ [ɐˈɣa ˈi ˈve]

Noun

HIV m (uncountable)

1. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)

   Synonym: VIH