SIDA

See also: sida, Sida, sidá, siða, and síða

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sida (“AIDS”) (or Italian SIDA (“AIDS”)).

Noun

SIDA f

1. AIDS; (acronym of french SIDA “syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise” (AIDS “acquired immune deficiency syndrome”))
2. sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”)

Synonyms

• AIDS, aids
• sida
• sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• sida

Noun

SIDA m

1. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.da/

Noun

SIDA m (plural SIDA)

1. Alternative letter-case form of sida (Acronym of syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise; AIDS).

Anagrams

• Asdi

Italian

Etymology

Acronym of sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.da/
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: SÌ‧DA

Noun

SIDA f (uncountable)

1. (pathology, rare) Acronym of sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita.

   Synonym: AIDS

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dɐ/ [ˈsi.ðɐ]

Noun

SIDA f (uncountable)

1. AIDS; Acronym of síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida.

   Synonym: (Brazil) AIDS

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French SIDA.

Noun

SIDA

1. AIDS

   Synonym: sindromul imunodeficienței dobândite

Spanish

Noun

SIDA m (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of sida

Swedish

Proper noun

SIDA ? (genitive SIDA:s)

1. (unofficial) Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (in Swedish: Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete)

Usage notes

• The official abbreviation does not use all capitals. This orthography, however, is as common as the official.

Anagrams

• Disa, Idas

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• SIĐA

Etymology

From French SIDA. The adjectival sense for clothing comes from Swedish SIDA (“Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency”), an organisation from which Vietnam received development assistance funding after the Vietnam War. Its negative connotation of the word is influenced by the aforementioned borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [si˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧], [si˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɪj˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧], [ʂɪj˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɪj˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧], [ʂɪj˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: xi đa, si đa

Noun

SIDA

1. (colloquial) Synonym of hội chứng suy giảm miễn dịch mắc phải (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”); AIDS

   Em đâu có biết
   Bố mẹ bị SIDA
   Ông bà là tướng cướp
   Giết người là chuyên gia.

   I had no idea
   My parents had AIDS
   My grandparents were gangsters
   Who were professional murderers.

Synonyms

• AIDS

Adjective

SIDA

1. (clothing, of clothes) sold after being used by someone