swine flu

English

Alternative forms

swine influenza

Noun

swine flu (uncountable)

(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
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)

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