COVID-19
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From COVID and the year 2019. The format was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is to be used for the names of future outbreaks.[1][2][3]
Proper noun
COVID-19
- (pathology) A disease caused by a coronavirus discovered in 2019, in a zoonotic pandemic starting in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- (virology, metonymically) Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; the virus which causes the disease.
Synonyms
- (virus): SARS-CoV-2
- (virus): 2019-nCoV
Coordinate terms
(disease):
(virus):
Descendants
See also
References
- COVID-19 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:COVID-19 on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ NBC News, "Coronavirus gets official name from WHO: COVID-19", Erika Edwards, 11 February 2020
- ^ BBC News, "Coronavirus officially named Covid-19, says WHO", 11 February 2020
- ^ Agence France Presse, "Novel coronavirus named 'Covid-19': UN health agency", AFP News Agency, 11 February 2020
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Abbreviation of coronavirus disease + 19 from 2019, the year the virus was discovered. Coined by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020. Intended to avoid stigma by not referring to a place, animal, career, or group of people.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtin/, /ˈkʌ.vɪd naɪnˈtin/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtiːn/, /ˈkɒ.vɪd naɪnˈtiːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
- (pathology) COVID-19 (disease)
- diagnosed with COVID-19
- Synonyms: coronavirus disease 2019, 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, Wuhan pneumonia, Wuhan flu
- Hypernym: COVID
- Coordinate terms: pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome
- 2020 January 11, “Coronavirus”, in World Health Organization[1]:
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
- 2021 February 12, “Coronavirus (COVID-19) update”, in U.S. Food & Drug Administration[2]:
- This week, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a a monoclonal antibody combination for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients
- 2021 July 23, “COVID-positive man boards Indonesia flight disguised as wife”, in Aljazeera[3]:
- Indonesia reported a record daily number of 1,566 COVID-19 deaths on Friday, taking total fatalities to 80,598, data from the country’s COVID-19 task force showed.
- (virology, metonymically) SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease)
- Synonyms: China virus, Chinese virus, Wuhan coronavirus, Wuhan flu, Wuhan virus (all colloquial and sometimes offensive), kung flu (offensive)
- Hypernyms: virus, coronavirus
- Coordinate terms: influenza, MERS-related coronavirus, SARS-related coronavirus
- 2020 January 11, “Coronavirus”, in World Health Organization[4]:
- Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.
- 2021 February 5, “Redoubling public health measures needed due to COVID-19 virus variants”, in World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe[5], archived from the original on 15 February 2021:
- As we enter the first months of 2021, increasing numbers of reports of variants of the COVID-19 virus mark a new development in the pandemic.
- The COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020.
- Many diabetics have been dying, especially during COVID-19.
- 2022, Paul Martin, Stevienna de Saille, Kirsty Liddiard, Warren Pearce, “Conclusion:Thinking about 'the Human' during COVID-19 Times”, in Stevienna de Saille, Paul Martin, editors, Being Human During COVID-19:
- The pandemic has helped cement a view of the human as collective, prosocial, and sharing a common bond between all people. This shared experience of living (and dying) during COVID-19 has proved a unifying force.
- 2022, Roland Duculan, Deanna Jannat-Khah, Xin A. Wang, Carol A. Mancuso, “Psychological Stress Reported at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Subsequent Stress and Successful Coping in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: A Longitudinal Analysis”, in Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, volume 28, number 5, :
- A second insight offered by our study is that several stresses apparent at the start of COVID-19, such as adapting to working from home, persisted during the pandemic, and new stresses emerged.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
disease
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French
Proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Covid-19
- 2020, M. Underner, J. Perriot, G. Peiffer, N. Jaafari, “COVID-19 et modifications du comportement tabagique [COVID-19 and changes in smoking]”, in Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, :
- La COVID-19, apparue en Chine en décembre 2019, est due à un nouveau coronavirus, le coronavirus 2019, à l’origine de la pandémie actuelle.
- COVID-19, which appeared in China in December 2019, is a novel coronavirus, the 2019 coronavirus, which is the origin of the current pandemic.
- 2021 February 15, “Données sur la COVID-19 au Québec [Data on COVID-19 in Quebec]”, in Québec[6]:
- Au Québec, pour le moment, la propagation du coronavirus (COVID‑19) est sous contrôle, mais les présentes semaines sont critiques.
- In Quebec, for the moment, the transmission of coronavirus (COVID‑19) is under control, but the next weeks are critical.
Italian
Proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Covid-19
Portuguese
Proper noun
COVID-19 m or f
- Alternative letter-case form of Covid-19
Tagalog
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English COVID-19.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌkovid najnˈtin/ [ˌkoː.vɪd̪ n̪aɪ̯n̪ˈt̪in̪]
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
COVID-19 (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ ᜈᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔)
Further reading
- “COVID-19” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[7], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ko˧˧ vit̚˧˦ mɨəj˨˩ t͡ɕin˧˦], [ko˧˧ vit̚˧˨ʔ mɨəj˨˩ t͡ɕin˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kow˧˧ vit̚˦˧˥ mɨj˦˩ t͡ɕin˦˧˥], [kow˧˧ vit̚˨˩ʔ mɨj˦˩ t͡ɕin˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kow˧˧ vɨt̚˦˥ mɨj˨˩ cɨn˦˥] ~ [kow˧˧ jɨt̚˦˥ mɨj˨˩ cɨn˦˥], [kow˧˧ vɨt̚˨˩˨ mɨj˨˩ cɨn˦˥] ~ [kow˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩˨ mɨj˨˩ cɨn˦˥]
- Phonetic spelling: cô vít mười chín, cô vịt mười chín
Proper noun
COVID-19
Synonyms
- (COVID-19): Cô Vy (colloquial)
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