wirus

Polish

wirus

Etymology

Borrowed from French virus. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from American English virus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.rus/

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• Rhymes: -irus
• Syllabification: wi‧rus

Noun

wirus m animal (related adjective wirusowy)

1. (virology) virus (infectious organism)

   Hypernym: patogen

3. (computer security) computer virus, virus (type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data)

   Synonyms: bakcyl, insekt, robak

Declension

Declension of wirus

	singular	plural
nominative	wirus	wirusy
genitive	wirusa	wirusów
dative	wirusowi	wirusom
accusative	wirusa/wirus	wirusy
instrumental	wirusem	wirusami
locative	wirusie	wirusach
vocative	wirusie	wirusy

Derived terms

adjectives

• antywirusowy
• wirusobójczy
• wirusologiczny

 

nouns

• adenowirus
• antywirus
• wirusolog
• wirusologia

 

Further reading

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