malware

See also: Malware

English

Etymology

Blend of malicious +‎ software or from mal- +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæl.weə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware (usually uncountable, plural malwares)

  1. (computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
    Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:malware
    • 2020 October 19, “U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks”, in New York Times‎:
      In a follow-up attack that hit Kyiv’s power grid a year later, the suspects used a second piece of malware, called Industroyer, to cut power for an hour, the indictment said. The malware, according to experts, posed one of the greatest digital threats to critical infrastructure since Stuxnet, the computer attack by the United States and Israel that took out Iran’s uranium centrifuges in 2009.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m inan

  1. (computing) malware
    Synonym: škodlivý software

Declension
Declension of malware (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative malware malwary
genitive malwaru malwarů
dative malwaru malwarům
accusative malware malwary
vocative malware malwary
locative malwaru malwarech
instrumental malwarem malwary

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware (singular definite ?, plural indefinite malware)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: skadelig software

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑl.ʋɛːr/ (usually pronounced in a way approximating the English)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

  1. malware

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.lwɛʁ/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonyms: maliciel, logiciel malveillant, (rare) logiciel nuisible, (rare) pourriciel

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software dannoso

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛʁ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛɾ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛʁ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛɻ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛɻ]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /maˈlwɛɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /maˈlwɛ.ɾi/

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computer security) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Noun

malware n (plural (rare) malware-uri)

  1. (computing) malware
    Synonyms: software rău intenționat, (rare) software dăunător

Declension
Declension of malware
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) malware malware-ul (niște) malware-uri malware-urile
genitive/dative (unui) malware malware-ului (unor) malware-uri malware-urilor
vocative malware-ule malware-urilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmalweɾ/ [ˈmal.weɾ]
  • Rhymes: -alweɾ

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

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Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalwejɾ/, [ˈmal.wɛɪ̯ɾ]
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

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