antivirus

English Online Dictionary. What means antivirus‎? What does antivirus mean?

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ virus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantɪvʌɪrəs/

Noun

antivirus (plural antiviruses)

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

Translations

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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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antivirus.

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirusuri)

1. antivirus

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antiˈbiɾus/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈβ̞i.ɾus]
• Rhymes: -iɾus
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧vi‧rus

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

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