ビールス

Japanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vīrus.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ビ​ールス [bíꜜìrùsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiːɾɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Noun

ビールス • (bīrusu) 

  1. (pathology, microbiology, virology, dated) Alternative form of ウイルス (uirusu, “virus”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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