flu

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English

Alternative forms

• 'flu (dated)
• floo (dated)

Etymology

Clipping of influenza

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fluː/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /flʉː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: flew, flue

Noun

flu (usually uncountable, plural flus)

1. Influenza.

   catch flu

   get over the flu

   transmit flu

2. (informal) Stomach flu.

Usage notes

• Can be used with or without the definite article: I have the flu or I have flu

Synonyms

• (influenza): grippe, grip

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• catarrh

See also

• flu-flu (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• -ful, ULF

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flu (“influenza”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fly/

Noun

flu m (uncountable)

1. (Quebec) diarrhea

Indonesian

Noun

flu (plural flu-flu)

1. flu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flʉː/

Etymology 1

Related to the verb fly (“to fly”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

flu n (definite singular fluet, indefinite plural flu, definite plural flua)

1. (countable and uncountable, fishing) bait that is strewn out over the surface to attract fish

Verb

flu (present tense flur, past tense fludde, past participle flutt/fludd, passive infinitive fluast, present participle fluande, imperative flu)

1. (intransitive) to fish using such a technique

Alternative forms

• flua, flue

Etymology 2

From Old Norse flúð.

Alternative forms

• flud (non-standard since 1917)

Noun

flu f (definite singular flua, indefinite plural fluer, definite plural fluene)

1. a bank or skerry which is underwater at high tide

Related terms

• flod
• flyte

References

• “flu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ful, Ulf

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʎu/

Adjective

flu

1. fuzzy
2. (photography) blurred, out of focus