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コロナウイルス (koronauirusu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Coronaviruses infect humans and animals.
Researchers are studying a new coronavirus.
Usage patterns コロナウイルスに 感かん 染せん する to be infected with a coronavirus
He got infected with a coronavirus last week.
コロナウイルスが 流りゅう 行こう する for a coronavirus to spread widely
A coronavirus is spreading widely again this year.
コロナウイルスの 検けん 査さ を 受う ける to get tested for a coronavirus
Since I had a fever, I got tested for the coronavirus.
Related words コロナ is the shorter, everyday word people use in casual conversation, while コロナウイルス is the full, more formal term used in medical or news contexts.
新型コロナウイルス specifically names the novel coronavirus (e.g. COVID-19), while コロナウイルス is the general term covering the whole virus family.
Don't confuse with ウイルス is the broad word for any virus, whereas コロナウイルス names one specific family of viruses, so learners must not treat them as interchangeable.
コロナウイルス refers to the virus itself (a broad family of viruses), while 新型コロナウイルス感染症 refers specifically to the disease COVID-19 caused by one such virus.
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.
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.
