antivirus

antivirus

See also: antivírus and anti-virus

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ virus

Noun

antivirus (plural antiviruses)

1. (computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

Translations

computing software

Catalan: antivirus m Chinese: Cantonese: 防毒 (fong4 duk6), 防毒軟件, 防毒软件 (fong4 duk6 jyun5 gin6-2) Mandarin: 防毒 (zh) (fángdú), 防病毒 (fángbìngdú), 殺毒軟件／杀毒软件 (zh) (shādú ruǎnjiàn) (antivirus software), 防毒軟體／防毒软体 (fángdú ruǎntǐ) Finnish: virustorjuntaohjelma, virustorjunta, antivirusohjelma French: antivirus (fr) m Galician: antivirus m Georgian: ანტივირუსი (anṭivirusi), ანტივირუსული პროგრამა (anṭivirusuli ṗrograma) German: Antivirus m or n, Antivirenprogramm (de) n (antivirus program), Antivirensoftware f (antivirus software) Greek: αντιιικό (el) (antiiikó) Japanese: アンチウイルス (anchiuirusu) / アンチウィルス (anchiwirusu), 抗ウイルス (kō-uirusu) / 抗ウィルス (kō-wirusu) Polish: antywirus m Portuguese: antivírus (pt) m Russian: антиви́рус (ru) m (antivírus) Spanish: antivirus (es) m Swedish: antivirusprogram (sv) n, antivirus (sv) n

See also

• antiviral

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Galician

Etymology

anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”)

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. antivirus

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Romanian

Etymology

From French antivirus.

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirusuri)

1. antivirus

Declension

Declension of antivirus

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) antivirus	antivirusul	(niște) antivirusuri	antivirusurii
genitive/dative	(unui) antivirus	antivirusului	(unor) antivirusuri	antivirusurilor
vocative	antivirusule		antivirusurilor

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Spanish

Etymology

anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”)

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. (computing) antivirus

Further reading

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