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COVID
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Covid covid
Translingual
Alternative forms
mul Covid covid
Etymology
mul Coronavirus en:disease. From "Co" of mul la corona, "Vi" of mul Virus, "D" of mul en disease. Coined by the World Health Organization in February 2020.BBC News, "Coronavirus officially named Covid-19, says WHO", 11 February 2020 Global News, "COVID-19: New coronavirus given name by World Health Organization", CanWest Global, 11 February 2020
Noun
mul noun
mul pathology A coronavirus disease.
mul COVID-19.
Usage notes
The term was created by the World Health Organization to standardize terminology for coronavirus outbreaks.
Coordinate terms
mul CoV nCoV SARS MERS
Derived terms
mul COVID-19
Descendants
vi 1 Cô Vy
See also
en coronavirus disease
References
mul Viral diseases COVID-19
English
Alternative forms
en Covid
Pronunciation
en /ˈkəʊvɪd/ RP
en /ˈkoʊvɪd/ GA
en əʊvɪd 2
en CO VID
Noun
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en COVID-19.
en 2020-01-28 COVID-19 in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Health https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx COVID is tough, but Pennsylvanians are tougher. Together we can make a difference, slow the spread of the virus, and save lives.
en May 28, 2020 COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke Pan American Health Organization https://www.paho.org/en/news/28-5-2020-covid-no-joke-it-gets-worse-smoke Every year on 31 May we celebrate World No Tobacco Day to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. This year, the national theme is COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke. https://web.archive.org/web/20260509134049/https://www.paho.org/en/news/28-5-2020-covid-no-joke-it-gets-worse-smoke 9 May 2026
Derived terms
en covid-safe COVIDian covidiocy covidiot COVIDlike Covidtide covidy long COVID post-COVID pre-COVID Snovid
Translations
disease caused by a coronavirus discovered in 2019 COVID-19
Carpathian Rusyn: rue ко́від m
Māori: mi Kowheori
Polish: pl COVID m-in
Russian: ru ковид
Tagalog: tl COVID
Vietnamese: vi Cô Vy informal
en Viral diseases COVID-19