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virus

virus

noun vee-RUS Less Common

Usage Note

Virus is one of the few French nouns ending in -us that stays the same in the plural — les virus. In informal tech talk, French speakers also say un virus informatique for a computer virus, often shortened to just virus in context.

Examples

"Ce virus se propage très vite."

Natural Translation

This virus spreads very quickly.

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