antivirus

See also: antivírus and anti-virus

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ virus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantɪvʌɪrəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

antivirus (plural antiviruses)

1. (computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

Translations

computing software

• Bulgarian: антиви́русна програ́ма f (antivírusna prográma), антиви́русна f (antivírusna) (colloquial), антиви́русен со́фтуер m (antivírusen sóftuer)
• Catalan: antivirus m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 防毒 (fong⁴ duk⁶), 防毒軟件 / 防毒软件 (fong⁴ duk⁶ jyun⁵ gin^6-2)

  Mandarin: 防毒 (zh) (fángdú), 防病毒 (fángbìngdú), 殺毒軟件 / 杀毒软件 (zh) (shādú ruǎnjiàn) (antivirus software), 防毒軟體 / 防毒软体 (fángdú ruǎntǐ)

• Finnish: virustorjuntaohjelma, virustorjunta, antivirusohjelma
• French: antivirus (fr) m
• Galician: antivirus m
• Georgian: ანტივირუსი (anṭivirusi), ანტივირუსული პროგრამა (anṭivirusuli ṗrograma)
• German: Antivirus m or n, Antivirenprogramm (de) n (antivirus program), Antivirensoftware f (antivirus software)
• Greek: αντιιικό (el) (antiiikó)
• Japanese: アンチウイルス (anchiuirusu), アンチウィルス (anchiwirusu), 抗ウイルス (kō-uirusu), 抗ウィルス (kō-wirusu)
• Polish: antywirus m
• Portuguese: antivírus (pt) m
• Russian: антиви́рус (ru) m (antivírus)
• Spanish: antivirus (es) m
• Swedish: antivirusprogram (sv) n, antivirus (sv) n

See also

• antiviral

 

Galician

Etymology

From anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antiˈbiɾus/ [an̪.t̪iˈβ̞i.ɾus̺]
• Rhymes: -iɾus
• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧vi‧rus

Noun

antivirus m (invariable)

1. antivirus

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English antivirus. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ virus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.tiˈfi.rʊs/
• Rhymes: -rʊs
• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧vi‧rus

Noun

antivirus

1. (computing) antivirus (a piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses)

Related terms

• viral
• virus

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antivirus.

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirusuri)

1. antivirus

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	antivirus	antivirusul		antivirusuri	antivirusurii
genitive-dative	antivirus	antivirusului		antivirusuri	antivirusurilor
vocative	antivirusule			antivirusurilor

Spanish

Etymology

From anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”).

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. (computing) antivirus

Further reading

• “antivirus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

antivirus n

1. antivirus

   Synonym: antivirusprogram

   Vi måste skaffa nytt antivirus

   We need to get new antivirus

Declension

Declension of antivirus

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	antivirus	antivirus
	definite	antiviruset	antivirusets
plural	indefinite	antivirus	antivirus
	definite	antivirusen	antivirusens