vaccin
See also: vaccîn
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French vaccin, from Latin vaccīnus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox). Compare New Latin variola vaccīna (“cowpox”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑkˈsɛn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vac‧cin
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun
vaccin n (plural vaccins, diminutive vaccintje n)
Derived terms
- coronavaccin
- mRNA-vaccin
- vaccintwijfelaar
- vaccintype
- vaccinweigeraar
Related terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: vaksin
French
Etymology
Remade as a masculine noun from vaccine, based on Latin vaccinus, where vaccine was also ultimately borrowed from (through a New or Scientific Latin variola vaccīna, "cowpox").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vak.sɛ̃/
Audio: (file)
Noun
vaccin m (plural vaccins)
- vaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies)
- Un vaccin est une préparation biologique administrée à un organisme vivant afin de stimuler son système immunitaire et de développer une immunité adaptative protectrice et relativement durable contre l'agent infectieux d'une maladie particulière.
- A vaccine is a biological preparation administered to a living organism in order to stimulate its immune system so that it develops an immunity which is adaptive, protective, and relatively durable against the infectious agent of a particular illness.
Descendants
- → Persian: واکسن (vâksan)
See also
Further reading
- “vaccin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
vaccin n (plural vaccinuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | vaccin | vaccinul | vaccinuri | vaccinurile | |
| genitive-dative | vaccin | vaccinului | vaccinuri | vaccinurilor | |
| vocative | vaccinule | vaccinurilor | |||
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vakˈsiːn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vac‧cin
Noun
vaccin n
- vaccine; substance that stimulates production of antibodies
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vaccin | vaccins |
| definite | vaccinet | vaccinets | |
| plural | indefinite | vaccin | vaccins |
| definite | vaccinen | vaccinens |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vaccin | vaccins |
| definite | vaccinet | vaccinets | |
| plural | indefinite | vacciner | vacciners |
| definite | vaccinerna | vaccinernas |