COVID
Translingual
Etymology
Blend of Coronavirus + disease. From "Co" of Latin corona, "Vi" of Virus, "D" of English disease. Coined by the UN WHO in February 2020.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊvɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊvɪd/
- Rhymes: -əʊvɪd
- Hyphenation: CO‧VID
Usage notes
- The term was created by the World Health Organization to standardize terminology for coronavirus outbreaks.
Coordinate terms
- CoV (Coronavirus)
- nCoV (novel coronavirus)
- SARS
- MERS
Derived terms
- COVID-19 (disease caused by SARS-CoV-2)
Descendants
- Vietnamese: Cô Vy
Translations
See also
- coronavirus disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- BBC News, "Coronavirus officially named Covid-19, says WHO", 11 February 2020
- Global News, "COVID-19: New coronavirus given name by World Health Organization", CanWest Global, 11 February 2020
English
Noun
COVID (uncountable)
- Clipping of COVID-19.
- 2020 May 28, “COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke”, in Pan American Health Organization:
- Every year on 31 May we celebrate World No Tobacco Day to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. This year, the national theme is COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke.
Derived terms
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