COVID-19
Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
From COVID and the year 2019. The format was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is to be used for the names of future outbreaks.[1][2][3]
Proper noun
COVID-19
- (pathology) A disease caused by a coronavirus discovered in 2019, in a zoonotic pandemic starting in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- (virology, metonymically) Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; the virus which causes the disease.
Synonyms
- (virus): SARS-CoV-2
- (virus): 2019-nCoV
Descendants
- → Lao: ໂຄວິດ-19 (khō wit-19)
- → Samoan: KOVITI-19
- → Thai: โควิด-19
References
- COVID-19 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:COVID-19 on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- NBC News, "Coronavirus gets official name from WHO: COVID-19", Erika Edwards, 11 February 2020
- BBC News, "Coronavirus officially named Covid-19, says WHO", 11 February 2020
- Agence France Presse, "Novel coronavirus named 'Covid-19': UN health agency", AFP News Agency, 11 February 2020
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Abbreviation of coronavirus disease + 19 from 2019, the year the virus was discovered. Coined by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020. Intended to avoid stigma by not referring to a place, animal, career, or group of people.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtin/, /ˈkʌ.vɪd naɪnˈtin/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtiːn/, /ˈkɒ.vɪd naɪnˈtiːn/
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Proper noun
- (pathology) COVID-19 (disease)
- diagnosed with COVID-19
- Synonyms: coronavirus disease 2019, 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, Wuhan pneumonia, Wuhan flu
- Hypernym: COVID
- Coordinate terms: pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome
- (virology, metonymically) SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease)
- Synonyms: China virus, Chinese virus, Wuhan coronavirus, Wuhan flu, Wuhan virus (all colloquial and sometimes offensive), kung flu (offensive)
- Hypernyms: virus, coronavirus
- Coordinate terms: influenza, MERS-related coronavirus, SARS-related coronavirus
- The COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020.
- Many diabetics have been dying, especially during COVID-19.
- 2022, Paul Martin, Stevienna de Saille, Kirsty Liddiard, Warren Pearce, “Conclusion:Thinking about 'the Human' during COVID-19 Times”, in Stevienna de Saille, Paul Martin, editors, Being Human During COVID-19:
- The pandemic has helped cement a view of the human as collective, prosocial, and sharing a common bond between all people. This shared experience of living (and dying) during COVID-19 has proved a unifying force.
- 2022, Roland Duculan, Deanna Jannat-Khah, Xin A. Wang, Carol A. Mancuso, “Psychological Stress Reported at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Subsequent Stress and Successful Coping in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: A Longitudinal Analysis”, in Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, volume 28, number 5, :
- A second insight offered by our study is that several stresses apparent at the start of COVID-19, such as adapting to working from home, persisted during the pandemic, and new stresses emerged.
Derived terms
Translations
disease
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French
Proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Covid-19
- 2020, M. Underner, J. Perriot, G. Peiffer, N. Jaafari, “COVID-19 et modifications du comportement tabagique [COVID-19 and changes in smoking]”, in Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, :
- La COVID-19, apparue en Chine en décembre 2019, est due à un nouveau coronavirus, le coronavirus 2019, à l’origine de la pandémie actuelle.
- COVID-19, which appeared in China in December 2019, is a novel coronavirus, the 2019 coronavirus, which is the origin of the current pandemic.
- 2021 February 15, “Données sur la COVID-19 au Québec [Data on COVID-19 in Quebec]”, in Québec:
- Au Québec, pour le moment, la propagation du coronavirus (COVID‑19) est sous contrôle, mais les présentes semaines sont critiques.
- In Quebec, for the moment, the transmission of coronavirus (COVID‑19) is under control, but the next weeks are critical.
Portuguese
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌkovid najnˈtin/ [ˌko.vɪd naɪ̯nˈtin]
- IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˌkobid najnˈtin/ [ˌko.bɪd naɪ̯nˈtin]
Further reading
- “COVID-19” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ko˧˧ vit̚˧˦ mɨəj˨˩ t͡ɕin˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kow˧˧ vit̚˦˧˥ mɨj˦˩ t͡ɕin˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kow˧˧ vɨt̚˦˥ mɨj˨˩ cɨn˦˥] ~ [kow˧˧ jɨt̚˦˥ mɨj˨˩ cɨn˦˥]
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Synonyms
- (COVID-19): Cô Vy (colloquial)
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