antiviral

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ viral.

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Adjective

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antiviral (not comparable)

  1. (pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
  2. (computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.

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Noun

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antiviral (plural antivirals)

  1. (pharmacology) An antiviral medication.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ti.vi.ʁal/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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antiviral (feminine antivirale, masculine plural antiviraux, feminine plural antivirales)

  1. antiviral

German

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Etymology

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anti- +‎ viral

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  • IPA(key): /antiviˈʁaːl/
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti‧vi‧ral
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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antiviral (strong nominative masculine singular antiviraler, not comparable)

  1. (medicine) antiviral

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Further reading

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  • antiviral” in Duden online
  • antiviral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ viral.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaʊ̯]
 

Adjective

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antiviral m or f (plural antivirais)

  1. (medicine) antiviral (inhibiting viruses)

Noun

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antiviral m (plural antivirais)

  1. (pharmacology) a drug that acts against virus infections

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French antiviral.

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antiviral m or n (feminine singular antivirală, masculine plural antivirali, feminine and neuter plural antivirale)

  1. (medicine) antiviral (inhibiting viruses)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ viral.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /antibiˈɾal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.β̞iˈɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: an‧ti‧vi‧ral

Adjective

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antiviral m or f (masculine and feminine plural antivirales)

  1. antiviral
    Synonym: antivírico

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Swedish

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Adjective

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antiviral (not comparable)

  1. antiviral
    ett antiviralt läkemedel
    an antiviral drug
  2. (nominalized) an antiviral
    en antiviral
    an antiviral

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Inflection of antiviral
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular antiviral
Neuter singular antiviralt
Plural antivirala
Masculine plural3 antivirale
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 antivirale
All antivirala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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