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コロナウイルス (ころなういるす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

コロナウイルス

also: ころなうぃるす

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Common word

Meanings

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noun

coronavirus

A medical and virological noun for a coronavirus; also common in news and public-health contexts. The shorter コロナ is often used casually, but this word is the full term.

コロナウイルスは人ひとや動どう物ぶつに感かん染せんする。
Coronaviruses infect humans and animals.
研けん究きゅう者しゃたちは新あたらしいコロナウイルスを調しらべている。
Researchers are studying a new coronavirus.

Written forms

コロナウイルス
Standard katakana spelling; this is the priority form.
コロナウィルス
Variant spelling with ウィルス; understandable and attested, though コロナウイルス is the preferred standard form here.

Similar words

コロナ
A shorter, more casual form; depending on context it can refer to a coronavirus, COVID-related matters, or a corona/halo.
ウイルス
The broader word for any virus; コロナウイルス names one type of virus.
新しん型がたコロナウイルス
Specifically means a novel coronavirus, especially in public-health contexts; コロナウイルス by itself is the general term.

Etymology

A katakana scientific term. コロナ is associated with a corona or crown-like halo, and ウイルス means virus; no detailed language-of-origin information is specified.