antivirus

See also: antivírus and anti-virus

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ virus

Noun

antivirus (plural antiviruses)

1. (computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

Translations

computing software

• Catalan: antivirus m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 防毒 (fong⁴ duk⁶), 防毒軟件／防毒软件 (fong⁴ duk⁶ jyun⁵ gin^6-2)

  Mandarin: 防毒 (zh) (fángdú), 防病毒 (fángbìngdú), 殺毒軟件／杀毒软件 (zh) (shādú ruǎnjiàn) (antivirus software), 防毒軟體／防毒软体 (fángdú ruǎntǐ)

• Finnish: virustorjuntaohjelma, virustorjunta, antivirusohjelma
• French: antivirus (fr) m
• Galician: antivirus m
• Georgian: ანტივირუსი (anṭivirusi), ანტივირუსული პროგრამა (anṭivirusuli ṗrograma)
• German: Antivirus m or n, Antivirenprogramm (de) n (antivirus program), Antivirensoftware f (antivirus software)
• Greek: αντιιικό (el) (antiiikó)
• Japanese: アンチウイルス (anchiuirusu) / アンチウィルス (anchiwirusu), 抗ウイルス (kō-uirusu) / 抗ウィルス (kō-wirusu)
• Polish: antywirus m
• Portuguese: antivírus (pt) m
• Russian: антиви́рус (ru) m (antivírus)
• Spanish: antivirus (es) m
• Swedish: antivirusprogram (sv) n, antivirus (sv) n

See also

• antiviral

Galician

Etymology

From anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”).

Noun

antivirus m (invariable)

1. antivirus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antivirus.

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirusuri)

1. antivirus

Declension

Declension of antivirus

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) antivirus	antivirusul	(niște) antivirusuri	antivirusurii
genitive/dative	(unui) antivirus	antivirusului	(unor) antivirusuri	antivirusurilor
vocative	antivirusule		antivirusurilor

Spanish

Etymology

From anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”).

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. (computing) antivirus

Further reading

• “antivirus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

antivirus n

1. antivirus

   Synonym: antivirusprogram

   Vi måste skaffa nytt antivirus

   We need to get new antivirus

Declension

Declension of antivirus
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	antivirus	antiviruset	antivirus	antivirusen
Genitive	antivirus	antivirusets	antivirus	antivirusens