swine flu

English

Alternative forms

swine influenza

Pronunciation

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Noun

swine flu (uncountable)

(pathology) Influenza caused by certain orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.

Synonyms

pig flu, swine influenza, swine influenza virus (SIV), swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV)

Related terms

bird flu

Translations

influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses

Arabic: إِنْفْلُوَنْزَا خَنَازِير f (ʔinfluwanzā ḵanāzīr)
Armenian: խոզագրիպ (xozagrip), խոզի գրիպ (xozi grip)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 豬流感 / 猪流感 (zh) (zhūliúgǎn)
Dutch: varkensgriep c
Esperanto: porka gripo
Finnish: sikainfluenssa (fi), possunuha (fi), sikaflunssa (fi)
French: grippe porcine (fr) f
Georgian: ღორის გრიპი (ɣoris griṗi)
German: Schweinegrippe (de) f
Greek: γρύπη των χοιρών f (grýpi ton choirón)
Hungarian: sertésinfluenza (hu)
Icelandic: svínaflensa (is) f
Italian: febbre suina f, influenza suina f
Japanese: 豚インフルエンザ (ja) (buta-infuruenza)
Luxembourgish: Schwéngsgripp f
Macedonian: свински грип m (svinski grip)
Norwegian: svineinfluensa
Polish: świńska grypa f
Portuguese: gripe suína f
Romanian: gripă porcină f
Russian: свино́й грипп m (svinój gripp)
Spanish: gripe porcina (es)
Swedish: svininfluensa (sv) c
Turkish: domuz gribi (tr)

See also