antiviral

antiviral

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ viral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æntiˈvaɪɹəl/

Adjective

antiviral (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
2. (computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.

Alternative forms

• anti-viral

Translations

medicine

Catalan: antivíric Czech: protivirový German: antiviral (de) Italian: antivirale (it) Portuguese: antiviral (pt) Russian: противови́русный (ru) (protivovírusnyj), антиви́русный (ru) (antivírusnyj) Spanish: antivírico Vietnamese: kháng vi-rút, kháng siêu vi, kháng siêu vi khuẩn, kháng siêu vi trùng

computing

Catalan: antivirus Greek: αντιιικός (el) (antiiikós), αντιικός (el) (antiikós) Polish: antywirusowy (pl) Russian: антиви́русный (ru) (antivírusnyj) Spanish: antivirus (es)

Noun

antiviral (plural antivirals)

1. (pharmacology) An antiviral medication.

Translations

antiviral medication

Arabic: مضاد للفيروسات‎ German: Virustatikum (de) n, Viruzid (de) n Vietnamese: thuốc kháng vi-rút, thuốc kháng siêu vi, thuốc kháng siêu vi khuẩn, thuốc kháng siêu vi trùng

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ti.vi.ʁal/

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Adjective

antiviral (feminine antivirale, masculine plural antiviraux, feminine plural antivirales)

1. antiviral

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German

Etymology

anti- +‎ viral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antiviˈʁaːl/
• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧vi‧ral

• Audio

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Adjective

antiviral (strong nominative masculine singular antiviraler, not comparable)

1. (medicine) antiviral

Declension

Positive forms of antiviral (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist antiviral	sie ist antiviral	es ist antiviral	sie sind antiviral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	antiviraler	antivirale	antivirales	antivirale
	genitive	antiviralen	antiviraler	antiviralen	antiviraler
	dative	antiviralem	antiviraler	antiviralem	antiviralen
	accusative	antiviralen	antivirale	antivirales	antivirale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der antivirale	die antivirale	das antivirale	die antiviralen
	genitive	des antiviralen	der antiviralen	des antiviralen	der antiviralen
	dative	dem antiviralen	der antiviralen	dem antiviralen	den antiviralen
	accusative	den antiviralen	die antivirale	das antivirale	die antiviralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein antiviraler	eine antivirale	ein antivirales	(keine) antiviralen
	genitive	eines antiviralen	einer antiviralen	eines antiviralen	(keiner) antiviralen
	dative	einem antiviralen	einer antiviralen	einem antiviralen	(keinen) antiviralen
	accusative	einen antiviralen	eine antivirale	ein antivirales	(keine) antiviralen

Further reading

• “antiviral” in Duden online
• “antiviral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ viral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.viˈɾal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.viˈɾaɫ]

Adjective

antiviral m or f (plural antivirais)

1. (medicine) antiviral (inhibiting viruses)

Noun

antiviral m (plural antivirais)

1. (pharmacology) a drug that acts against virus infections

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Romanian

Etymology

From French antiviral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.ti.viˈral/

Adjective

antiviral m or n (feminine singular antivirală, masculine plural antivirali, feminine and neuter plural antivirale)

1. (medicine) antiviral (inhibiting viruses)

Declension

Declension of antiviral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	antiviral		antivirală	antivirali	antivirale
	definite	antiviralul		antivirala	antiviralii	antiviralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	antiviral		antivirale	antivirali	antivirale
	definite	antiviralului		antiviralei	antiviralilor	antiviralelor

Further reading

• antiviral in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Spanish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ viral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antibiˈɾal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.β̞iˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧vi‧ral

Adjective

antiviral (plural antivirales)

1. antiviral

   Synonym: antivírico

Further reading

• “antiviral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014