AIDS

See also: aids, Aids, aïds, and Aïds

English

Main symptoms of AIDS

Alternative forms

• Aids

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪdz/

• Audio (UK):

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• Homophones: aids, aides
• Rhymes: -eɪdz

Noun

AIDS (uncountable)

1. (pathology, acronym) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. [from 1982]

   Synonyms: (dated) GRID, (dated, slang) gay cancer, (dated, slang) gay plague, (dated) 4H disease, (offensive) anally inflicted death sentence

   • 2007, Clinical Pathology, →ISBN, page 50:

     Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8).

Coordinate terms

• (acquired immune deficiency syndrome): HIV (“human immunodeficiency virus”)

Derived terms

• AIDS baby
• AIDS cocktail
• AIDSer
• AIDSphobia
• AIDS-related complex, ARC
• AIDS ribbon
• AIDS virus
• AIDSy
• HIV/AIDS
• pre-AIDS

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: AIDS, aids
• → Czech: AIDS
• → Finnish: AIDS
• → Hindi: एड्स (eḍs), एड्ज़ (eḍz)
• → Hungarian: AIDS
• → Japanese: AIDS (AIDS)
• → Latvian: AIDS
• → Portuguese: AIDS
• → Swedish: aids
• → Telugu: ఎయిడ్స్ (eyiḍs)
• → Urdu: ایڈس, ایڈز
• → Yoruba: éèdì

Translations

acquired immune deficiency syndrome — see also acquired immune deficiency syndrome

• Afrikaans: Vigs
• Albanian: SIDA f, sida f; AIDS m, aids m
• Amharic: ኤድስ (ʾeds)
• Arabic: إِيدْز m (ʔīdz), سِيدَا m (sīdā)
• Aragonese: SIDA f
• Armenian: ՁԻԱՀ (hy) (JIAH)
• Asturian: SIDA m
• Azerbaijani: QİCS
• Bambara: Sida
• Belarusian: СНІД m (SNID)
• Bengali: এইডস (bn) (eiḍs)
• Bulgarian: СПИН m (SPIN)
• Catalan: sida f, SIDA f
• Chichewa: Edzi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 艾滋病 (ngaai⁶ zi¹ beng⁶), 愛滋病 / 爱滋病 (oi³ zi¹ beng⁶)

  Mandarin: 艾滋病 (zh) (àizībìng), 愛滋病 / 爱滋病 (zh) (àizībìng), 愛死病 / 爱死病 (àisǐbìng)

• Czech: AIDS (cs)
• Danish: aids
• Dinka: adarwäl
• Dutch: aids (nl) m
• Esperanto: aidoso (eo)
• Estonian: AIDS (et)
• Faroese: eyðkvæmi n
• Finnish: AIDS (fi)
• French: SIDA (fr) m
• Friulian: AIDS
• Galician: SIDA (gl) f
• Georgian: შიდსი (šidsi)
• German: AIDS (de)
• Greek: AIDS (el) n
• Gujarati: એડ્સ (eḍs)
• Haitian Creole: sida, SIDA
• Hebrew: איידס (eyds)
• Hindi: एड्स (eḍs)
• Hungarian: AIDS (hu)
• Icelandic: alnæmi (is) n, eyðni (is) f, AIDS n
• Indonesian: AIDS
• Irish: SEIF
• Italian: SIDA (it) f, AIDS (it)
• Japanese: エイズ (ja) (eizu)
• Kannada: ಏಡ್ಸ್ (ēḍs)
• Kazakh: ЖИТС (JİTS)
• Khmer: អេដស៍ (km) (ʼeet), ស៊ីដា (siidaa)
• Korean: 에이즈 (ko) (eijeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: AIDS (ku), nîşana nemana bergiriya destketî f

• Lakota: kȟošká tȟáŋka, čhuȟáŋ tȟáŋka
• Lao: ໂລກເອດສ (lōk ʼēt sa)
• Latin: SCDI
• Latvian: AIDS
• Lingala: Sida
• Lithuanian: AIDS
• Luxembourgish: Aids
• Macedonian: СИДА m (SIDA)
• Malay: AIDS
• Malayalam: എയ്ഡ്സ് (eyḍsŭ)
• Maltese: AIDS
• Maori: mātai mate hinengaro, mate ārai kore, mar (mi), mate parekore
• Mongolian: ДОХ (DOX)
• Navajo: atsʼíís yichʼą́ą́h naabaahii bąąh dah hazʼą́ yileehgo
• Newar: एड्स (eḍsa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aids (no) m

• Occitan: SIDA m
• Ojibwe: majimiskwi-aakoziwin
• Pashto: اېډز (eydz)
• Persian: ایدز (fa) (eydz)
• Polish: AIDS (pl) n
• Portuguese: SIDA (pt) f (European), AIDS (pt) f (Brazilian)
• Quechua: UHCW
• Romanian: SIDA f
• Russian: СПИД (ru) m (SPID)
• Scottish Gaelic: galar na seirg m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: СИДА

  Roman: SIDA

• Shan: ဢဵတ်ႇ (shn) (ʼàet)
• Sicilian: AIDS
• Slovak: aids (sk) m
• Slovene: aids
• Spanish: SIDA (es) m, sida (es) m
• Swahili: UKIMWI
• Swedish: aids (sv), AIDS (sv)
• Tamil: வேட்டை நோய் (vēṭṭai nōy), உடற்தேய்வு நோய் (uṭaṟtēyvu nōy)
• Tatar: AİDS
• Telugu: ఎయిడ్స్ (eyiḍs)
• Thai: เอดส์ (th) (èet)
• Turkish: AIDS (tr)
• Ukrainian: СНІД m (SNID)
• Urdu: ایڈس (eḍs)
• Vietnamese: AIDS (vi), SIĐA, SIDA (vi)
• Volapük: fijesiped
• Yiddish: עידס (eyds)
• Yoruba: AIDS
• Zhuang: bingh'aiswhbing

Adjective

AIDS (comparative more AIDS, superlative most AIDS)

1. (slang, vulgar) Extremely annoying or frustrating.

   Synonym: cancer

   Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

Anagrams

• AISD, Dais, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, dais, daïs, sadi, said, sida

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

Noun

aids/AIDS m (plural -, definite aidsi (AIDS-i), definite plural -)

1. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

   sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar

   acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Declension

Declension of AIDS

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	AIDS	AIDS-i
accusative		AIDS-in
dat./abl.	AIDS-i	AIDS-it

Synonyms

• sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar

• SIDA f, sida f
• aids m

Further reading

• [1] noun aids • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Czech

Alternative forms

• aids

Etymology

Borrowed from English AIDS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈajts], [ˈɛjts]

• Audio:

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Noun

AIDS m inan

1. AIDS

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish

Etymology

From English AIDS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ds/, [ˈɑ̝i̯ds̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑids
• Hyphenation^(key): AIDS

Noun

AIDS

1. AIDS

Declension

Inflection of AIDS (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		AIDS	AIDSit
genitive		AIDSin	AIDSien
partitive		AIDSia	AIDSeja
illative		AIDSiin	AIDSeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		AIDS	AIDSit
accusative	nom.	AIDS	AIDSit
	gen.	AIDSin
genitive		AIDSin	AIDSien
partitive		AIDSia	AIDSeja
inessive		AIDSissa	AIDSeissa
elative		AIDSista	AIDSeista
illative		AIDSiin	AIDSeihin
adessive		AIDSilla	AIDSeilla
ablative		AIDSilta	AIDSeilta
allative		AIDSille	AIDSeille
essive		AIDSina	AIDSeina
translative		AIDSiksi	AIDSeiksi
abessive		AIDSitta	AIDSeitta
instructive		—	AIDSein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of AIDS (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative AIDSini AIDSini accusative nom. AIDSini AIDSini gen. AIDSini genitive AIDSini AIDSieni partitive AIDSiani AIDSejani inessive AIDSissani AIDSeissani elative AIDSistani AIDSeistani illative AIDSiini AIDSeihini adessive AIDSillani AIDSeillani ablative AIDSiltani AIDSeiltani allative AIDSilleni AIDSeilleni essive AIDSinani AIDSeinani translative AIDSikseni AIDSeikseni abessive AIDSittani AIDSeittani instructive — — comitative — AIDSeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative AIDSisi AIDSisi accusative nom. AIDSisi AIDSisi gen. AIDSisi genitive AIDSisi AIDSiesi partitive AIDSiasi AIDSejasi inessive AIDSissasi AIDSeissasi elative AIDSistasi AIDSeistasi illative AIDSiisi AIDSeihisi adessive AIDSillasi AIDSeillasi ablative AIDSiltasi AIDSeiltasi allative AIDSillesi AIDSeillesi essive AIDSinasi AIDSeinasi translative AIDSiksesi AIDSeiksesi abessive AIDSittasi AIDSeittasi instructive — — comitative — AIDSeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative AIDSimme AIDSimme accusative nom. AIDSimme AIDSimme gen. AIDSimme genitive AIDSimme AIDSiemme partitive AIDSiamme AIDSejamme inessive AIDSissamme AIDSeissamme elative AIDSistamme AIDSeistamme illative AIDSiimme AIDSeihimme adessive AIDSillamme AIDSeillamme ablative AIDSiltamme AIDSeiltamme allative AIDSillemme AIDSeillemme essive AIDSinamme AIDSeinamme translative AIDSiksemme AIDSeiksemme abessive AIDSittamme AIDSeittamme instructive — — comitative — AIDSeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative AIDSinne AIDSinne accusative nom. AIDSinne AIDSinne gen. AIDSinne genitive AIDSinne AIDSienne partitive AIDSianne AIDSejanne inessive AIDSissanne AIDSeissanne elative AIDSistanne AIDSeistanne illative AIDSiinne AIDSeihinne adessive AIDSillanne AIDSeillanne ablative AIDSiltanne AIDSeiltanne allative AIDSillenne AIDSeillenne essive AIDSinanne AIDSeinanne translative AIDSiksenne AIDSeiksenne abessive AIDSittanne AIDSeittanne instructive — — comitative — AIDSeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative AIDSinsa AIDSinsa accusative nom. AIDSinsa AIDSinsa gen. AIDSinsa genitive AIDSinsa AIDSiensa partitive AIDSiaan AIDSiansa AIDSejaan AIDSejansa inessive AIDSissaan AIDSissansa AIDSeissaan AIDSeissansa elative AIDSistaan AIDSistansa AIDSeistaan AIDSeistansa illative AIDSiinsa AIDSeihinsa adessive AIDSillaan AIDSillansa AIDSeillaan AIDSeillansa ablative AIDSiltaan AIDSiltansa AIDSeiltaan AIDSeiltansa allative AIDSilleen AIDSillensa AIDSeilleen AIDSeillensa essive AIDSinaan AIDSinansa AIDSeinaan AIDSeinansa translative AIDSikseen AIDSiksensa AIDSeikseen AIDSeiksensa abessive AIDSittaan AIDSittansa AIDSeittaan AIDSeittansa instructive — — comitative — AIDSeineen AIDSeinensa

Synonyms

• immuunikato

Derived terms

compounds

• AIDS-potilas
• AIDS-tukikeskus

 

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

AIDS n (strong, genitive AIDS, no plural)

1. (less common) Alternative letter-case form of Aids

Declension

Declension of AIDS [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	AIDS
genitive	eines	des	AIDS
dative	einem	dem	AIDS
accusative	ein	das	AIDS

Greenlandic

Noun

AIDS

1. AIDS
   • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

     Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

Hungarian

Etymology

From English AIDS, initialism of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːt͡sː], [ˈeːt͡s]
• Hyphenation: AIDS
• Rhymes: -eːt͡sː, -eːt͡s

Noun

AIDS (plural AIDS-ek)

1. (pathology) AIDS

   Synonym: szerzett immunhiányos tünetegyüttes

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	AIDS	AIDS-ek
accusative	AIDS-et	AIDS-eket
dative	AIDS-nek	AIDS-eknek
instrumental	AIDS-szel	AIDS-ekkel
causal-final	AIDS-ért	AIDS-ekért
translative	AIDS-szé	AIDS-ekké
terminative	AIDS-ig	AIDS-ekig
essive-formal	AIDS-ként	AIDS-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	AIDS-ben	AIDS-ekben
superessive	AIDS-en	AIDS-eken
adessive	AIDS-nél	AIDS-eknél
illative	AIDS-be	AIDS-ekbe
sublative	AIDS-re	AIDS-ekre
allative	AIDS-hez	AIDS-ekhez
elative	AIDS-ből	AIDS-ekből
delative	AIDS-ről	AIDS-ekről
ablative	AIDS-től	AIDS-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	AIDS-é	AIDS-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	AIDS-éi	AIDS-ekéi

Possessive forms of AIDS
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	AIDS-em	AIDS-eim
2nd person sing.	AIDS-ed	AIDS-eid
3rd person sing.	AIDS-e	AIDS-ei
1st person plural	AIDS-ünk	AIDS-eink
2nd person plural	AIDS-etek	AIDS-eitek
3rd person plural	AIDS-ük	AIDS-eik

• As a recently borrowed term, the naturalized pronunciation of AIDS is variable. Consequently, orthographic reference works indicate different spellings for the instrumental and translative cases.

  With the pronunciation [ˈeːt͡sː] (phonetic respelling: édsz): instrumental – AIDS-szel, translative – AIDS-szé.

  With the pronunciation [ˈeːt͡s] (phonetic respelling: éc): instrumental – AIDS-cel, translative – AIDS-cé.

Derived terms

• AIDS-es

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS, an acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aj.diˈɛs.se/, /ˈajd͡z/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛsse, -ajdz
• Hyphenation: AIDS

Noun

AIDS m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

   Synonym: (rare) SIDA

References

• AIDS in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Etymology

From English AIDS.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エイズ [éꜜìzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞izɨ]

Noun

AIDS(エイズ) • (eizu) 

1. Synonym of 後天性免疫不全症候群 (kōtensei men'eki fuzen shōkōgun, “acquired immune deficiency syndrome”); AIDS

Latvian

Etymology

From English AIDS. Many names were proposed by ZA Terminoloģijas komisija, including, VIDS - virāla imūndeficīta sindroms, sarglaupe, imūnkaile, imūnkailums, imunokaile, imunokailums, AIS - antimūnsindroms, antimūns, bezimunitāte, bezimunitātes slimība, bezimūnkaite, imizorgs - "imunitātes izzudums organismā," imūndeficīts, imunitātes grāvējs, imunitātes zude, imūnkaite, imunozude, imūntrūce, imūnzude, mērlis, nonimuna, sargzude, limfšūngande or shorter gande. Eventually AIDS, a declinable form aidss and mērlis (as an "emotionally captivating" alternative) were officially approved for use by Terminoloģijas komisija. Only the acronym is currently in use. In Latvian AIDS is first attested in print in October 1986.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âjts]

• Audio:

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Noun

AIDS m or f (invariable)

1. AIDS

   AIDS ir saīsināts jaunās slimības nosaukums (no angļu «Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom» [sic] - iegūtā imūndeficīta sindroms). Pirmo reizi ar šo slimību sastapās ASV ārstu grupa Kalifornijas štatā 1981. gada jūnijā.

   AIDS is a shortened name for the new disease (from English "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome"). A group of US doctors in the State of California were the first to encounter this disease in June, 1981.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛjts/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛjts
• Syllabification: AIDS

Noun

AIDS n (indeclinable)

1. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Further reading

• AIDS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• AIDS in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.d͡ʒis/ [ˈaɪ̯.d͡ʒis], /ˈajds/ [ˈaɪ̯ds]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.d͡ʒis/ [ˈaɪ̯.d͡ʒis], /ˈajds/ [ˈaɪ̯ds]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.d͡ʒiʃ/ [ˈaɪ̯.d͡ʒiʃ], /ˈajdʃ/ [ˈaɪ̯dʃ]

Noun

AIDS f (usually uncountable, plural AIDS)

1. (Brazil, pathology) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

   Synonym: (Portugal) SIDA

Derived terms

• aidético