Coronavirus

See also: corona virus, corona-virus, coronavirus, and coronavírus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin corona (“wreath; crown”) +‎ -virus

Proper noun

Coronavirus

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Coronaviridae – extraordinarily large RNA viruses including Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), now superseded by the coronavirus genera in Coronavirinae. [1971–2009]

Synonyms

• CoV

Hypernyms

• (genus): Virus - kingdom; Nidovirales - order; Coronaviridae - family
  • Riboviria – realm; Orthornavirae – kingdom; Pisuviricota – phylum; Pisoniviricetes – class; Nidovirales – order; Cornidovirineae – suborder; Coronaviridae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bovine coronavirus; Canine coronavirus; Duck coronavirus; Equine coronavirus; Feline coronavirus; Goose coronavirus; Human coronavirus 229E; Human coronavirus HKU1; Human coronavirus NL63; Human coronavirus OC43; Human enteric coronavirus; Infectious bronchitis virus; Murine hepatitis virus; Pheasant coronavirus; Pigeon coronavirus; Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus; Porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus; Puffinosis coronavirus; Rat coronavirus; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Transmissible gastroenteritis virus; Turkey coronavirus - species

Derived terms

• Alphacoronavirus
• Betacoronavirus
• Gammacoronavirus
• Deltacoronavirus

References

• Coronavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coronavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Coronavirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/

Proper noun

Coronavirus

1. Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (“the virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19”)

Anagrams

• carnivorous

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈʁoːnaˌviːʁʊs/
• Hyphenation: Co‧ro‧na‧vi‧rus

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Noun

Coronavirus n (strong, genitive Coronavirus, plural Coronaviren)

1. (virology) coronavirus

Declension

Declension of Coronavirus [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Coronavirus	die	Coronaviren
genitive	eines	des	Coronavirus	der	Coronaviren
dative	einem	dem	Coronavirus	den	Coronaviren
accusative	ein	das	Coronavirus	die	Coronaviren

Further reading

• “Coronavirus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Coronavirus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Coronavirus” in Duden online
• “Coronavirus” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Coronavirus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de