ウイルス

Japanese

Alternative forms

ウィルス (wirusu)
ビールス (bīrusu)
バイラス (bairasu)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ウイルス [ùíꜜrùsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
(Tokyo) ウイルス [úꜜìrùsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝiɾɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Etymology 1

From Latin vīrus, possibly via German Virus.

Noun

ウイルス (rōmaji uirusu)

(pathology, microbiology, virology) a virus

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from English virus

Noun

ウイルス (rōmaji uirusu)

(computing) a virus

Derived terms

コンピューターウイルス (konpyūtā uirusu, “computer virus”)

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