Sputnik

See also: sputnik

English

Etymology

See sputnik. The vaccine sense is an ellipsis of Sputnik V, from Russian Спутник V (Sputnik V), a trade name given after Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite.

Noun

Sputnik (plural Sputniks)

  1. An adenovirus viral vector vaccine for COVID-19, developed in Russia.
    Synonym: (trade name) Sputnik V
    • 2021 December 22, Ann Hornaday, “‘JFK’ at 30: Oliver Stone and the lasting impact of America’s most dangerous movie”, in The Washington Post‎[1]:
      For the record, Stone has been quadruple-vaxxed against covid-19: “Two Sputniks and two Pfizers,” he says proudly.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of sputnik.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Sputnik

  1. A village in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.