covid

See also: COVID and Covid

Translingual

Noun

covid

1. Alternative form of COVID

English

Etymology 1

From COVID-19.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊvɪd/, /ˈkʌvɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊvɪd/, /ˈkɒvɪd/, /ˈkəʊvəd/
• (New Zealand, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐʉvəd/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊvɪd

Noun

covid (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Short for COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2.
   • 2020, Tony Crabbe, Busy@Home: How to thrive through the covid crisis, Piatkus, →ISBN:

     Instead I invite you to use the disruption of covid as a chance to disrupt your busyness. That as you navigate your journey through this crisis, you also guide your life onto a path of more colour, more impact and more joy.

   • 2021 January 26, Travis M. Andrews, “‘When covid is over’ sounds like ‘when I meet Harry Styles’: The new pandemic meme, explained”, in Washington Post‎^[1]:

     We all have such grand plans, when covid is over. Some of us want to get back to packed concert halls, while others want to relax comfortably at our favorite restaurants.

Derived terms

• covid-19 party
• covid-crazy
• covid cut
• covidiocy
• covidiot
• covid party
• covid-safe
• covid-wise
• long covid

 

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: covid (ca) m or f
• Dutch: corona (nl) c, covid (nl) c
• Finnish: korona (fi)
• French: covid (fr) m or f
• Kannada: ಕೋವಿಡ್ (kōviḍ), ಕೊರೋನಾ (korōnā)
• Maori: kowheori
• Russian: ко́ви́д (ru) m (kóvíd)
• Spanish: covid m or f
• Thai: โควิด (koo-wìt)

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Etymology 2

From Portuguese covado (“cubit”).

Noun

covid (plural covids)

1. (archaic, units of measure) A cubit.
   • 1908, William Babcock Weeden, Early Oriental Commerce in Providence:

     In weights and measures one hundred catties were equivalent to one picul, or 133½ English pounds; in cloth or long measure ten “poontas” to one covid, and two covids to thirty-six inches English.

   • 2014, Om Prakash, The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal, 1630-1720:

     But the usual dimensions of a piece of muslin were 40 x 2 covids, the lower and the upper bounds being 36 x 1 and 48 x 3 covids, respectively.

2. (archaic, units of measure) A chi.
   • 1815, A dictionary of the Chinese language, in three parts:

     A measure of length, the Chinese cubit, by Europeans called covid.

   • 1852, Li Zhou, translated by William Raymond Gingell, The Ceremonial Usages of the Chinese, B. C. 1121, page 4:

     From east to west it was nine covids, and from south to north seven yen, (63 covids).

See also

• covado

Spanish

Noun

covid m or f same meaning (uncountable)

1. Clipping of COVID-19.
   • 2020 March 16, “Pregunta del cliente”, in Iberia‎^[2]:

     "Devolución billete por covid" […] Flexibilización de vuelos por la evolución del Coronavirus: Accede a la última actualización sobre nuestros vuelos causada por la evolución del Coronavirus.

     “Return ticket because of COVID” Flight flexibility due to the evolution of the Coronavirus: Access the latest update on our flights caused by the evolution of the Coronavirus.

   • 2021 February 26, Tracey Tully, “Venció a la covid a los 105 años. Dice que el secreto fueron sus pasas con ginebra [She beat COVID at age 105. She says the secret is raisins and gin]”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     Sus dos hijos que todavía viven, sus cinco nietos, 12 bisnietos y 11 tataranietos, que le dicen abuela Lucia, le han dado un nuevo sobrenombre, comentó O’Neil: “la campeona de 105 años que hizo trizas a la covid”.

     Her two children alive today, her five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren, who call her Grandma Lucia, have given her a new nickname, according to O’Neil: “the 105-year-old champion who tore COVID to shreds”.

   • 2021 April 12, Adrian Foncillas, “"El covid es la excusa para que Corea del Norte aumente las violaciones de derechos humanos"”, in El Periodico‎^[4]:

     [title] El covid es la excusa para que Corea del Norte aumente las violaciones de derechos humanos

     COVID is an excuse for North Korea to increase human rights violations

Usage notes

• Regarding the gender of the article, it is possible to use the feminine or the masculine. Since the acronym COVID is formed from "coronavirus disease", "enfermedad del coronavirus", the gender can be taken from the feminine noun enfermedad (“disease”). Instead, the use of the masculine has settled due to the influence of the coronavirus gender and other viral diseases (el zika (“Zika”), el ébola (“Ebola”)), which take the name of the virus that causes them.

Derived terms

• anticovid