influenza en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪn.fluˈɛn.zə/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian influenza (“influence”), from Latin influentia. Doublet of influence.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”.
2022 January 1, Sravasti Dasgupta, “Israel reports first case of ‘flurona’ – rare double infection of Covid and influenza”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2022:In early 1919 the Board also issued a film, Dr Wise on Influenza, in which a character called 'Brown' spreads the disease by enacting poor behaviours. This did address transport - by boarding a crowded omnibus, "Brown may be scattering germs throughout the carriage and giving influenza to a number of people".
2020 April 8, Dr David Turner, “How railway staff were conduits and victims of a pandemic”, in Rail, page 32:Highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) is of rising concern to epidemiologists. The US National Library of Medicine lists H5N9 as a subtype avian influenza virus. […] It found cats could “serve as mixing vessels for reassortment of avian and mammalian influenza viruses” as well as act as a “bridge” to infect other species.
2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| influenze | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| influenzas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hong Kong influenza · Asian influenza · parainfluenza · avian influenza · Spanish influenza · affluenza · influenzal · postinfluenza · influenzavirus · influenzalike · superinfluenza · swine influenza · Mexican influenza · influenzoid
Descendants
ইনফ্লুয়েঞ্জা · 인플루엔자 · imfuluwenza
Relateds
fluorian · difluence · affluence · defluxion · confluent · flu · refluence · fluorite · fluoride · fluorinate · fluoric · fluorination · difluent · fluorine · transfluence · flux · influx · refluent · fluid · effluent · refluency · defluent · profluent · superfluous · fluctuant · fluxion · conflux · affluent · fluctuate · diffluent · transfluent · mellifluous · influent · circumfluous · flume · influence · fluor · fluvial · fluctuation · circumfluent · fluency · fluctuous · fluidity · flumen · fluctuance · fluent · circumfluence · profluence · fluviality · diffluence · confluence
Synonyms
Translations (81)
ko 감기 (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · pt gripe (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sh грип (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ar إِنْفْلُوَنْزَا (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sh грипа (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ko 인플루엔자 (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ccc e'tes̈huli (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · cmn 流感 (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · es gripa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · cs chřipka (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ca influença (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · vi cúm (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sh grip (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · fy gryp (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sh инфлуенца (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ms influenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · tr grip (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ru грипп (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · mk грип (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · nv atsʼiiʼ honiigaah (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · gsw Grippi (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · be грып (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sl gripa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · vo grip (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · tr enflüenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · bg грип (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ka ინფლუენცა (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sh gripa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · hu influenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sl influenca (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · is inflúensa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · nv tahoniigááh (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · da influenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · nl griep (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · eo gripo (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ceb trangkaso (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · hy գրիպ (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · mi tarutawhiti (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ca grip (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · alt јаш тыму (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sv flunsa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sv influensa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · cy ffliw (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · zu imfuluwenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · fi influenssa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · eo influenco (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · lt gripas (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · gd cnatan mòr (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · is flensa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · es gripe (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sk chrípka (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · pl grypa (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · de Influenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · fr grippe (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sw homa ya mafua (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ka გრიპი (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · uk грип (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · et gripp (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · it influenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · yue 流感 (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · sh influenca (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · tl trangkaso (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ru инфлюэ́нца (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · fa آنفولانزا (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ja インフルエンザ (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · bg инфлуе́нца (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · gl gripe (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · cmn 流行性感冒 (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ja 流行性感冒 (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · kl nualluk (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · apc گريب (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ro gripă (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · it febbre (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · fo beinkrím (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · kmr arsim (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · id influenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · ja インフル (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · mi rewharewha (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · mh būļu (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · es influenza (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) · de Grippe (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs)