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Definition 2024

swine_flu

swine flu

English

Alternative forms

swine influenza

Noun

swine flu ‎(uncountable)

Influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.

Related terms

bird flu

Translations

influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses

Arabic: إِنْفْلُوَنْزَا خَنَازِير f ‎(ʾinfluwanzā ḵanāzīr)
Armenian: խոզագրիպ ‎(xozagrip), խոզի գրիպ ‎(xozi grip)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 豬流感 (zh), 猪流感 (zh) ‎(zhūliúgǎn)
Finnish: sikainfluenssa (fi)
French: grippe porcine (fr) f
German: Schweinegrippe (de) f
Greek: γρύπη των χοιρών f ‎(grýpi ton choirón)
Hungarian: sertésinfluenza (hu)
Icelandic: svínaflensa (is) f

Italian: febbre suina f, influenza suina f
Japanese: 豚インフルエンザ (ja) ‎(buta-infuruenza)
Macedonian: свински грип m ‎(svínski grip)
Norwegian: svineinfluensa
Portuguese: gripe suína f
Romanian: gripă porcină f
Russian: свино́й грипп m ‎(svinój gripp)
Spanish: gripe porcina (es)
Swedish: svininfluensa c
Turkish: domuz gribi (tr)

See also

H1N1
Mexican flu / Mexican influenza
Mexican Flu
Spanish flu
Spanish Flu