swine flu

English

Alternative forms

• swine influenza

Pronunciation

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Noun

swine flu (uncountable)

1. (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
• 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

• H1N1
• Mexican flu / Mexican influenza
• Mexican Flu
• Spanish flu
• Spanish Flu