AIDS

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See also: aids, Aids, aïds, and Aïds

English

 AIDS on Wikipedia
Main symptoms of AIDS

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Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS (uncountable)

  1. (pathology, acronym) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
    Synonyms: (dated) GRID, (dated, slang) gay cancer, (dated, slang) gay plague, (dated) 4H disease, (offensive) anally inflicted death sentence
    • 2007, Clinical Pathology, →ISBN, page 50:
      Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8).

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Adjective

AIDS (comparative more AIDS, superlative most AIDS)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Extremely annoying or frustrating.
    Synonym: cancer
    Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

Anagrams

Albanian

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sq

Etymology

Borrowed from English AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

Noun

aids/AIDS m (plural -, definite aidsi (AIDS-i), definite plural -)

  1. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
    sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar
    acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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Synonyms

Further reading

  • noun aids • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English AIDS.

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS m inan

  1. AIDS

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish

Etymology

From English AIDS.

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS

  1. AIDS

Declension

Inflection of AIDS (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative AIDS AIDSit
genitive AIDSin AIDSien
partitive AIDSia AIDSeja
illative AIDSiin AIDSeihin
singular plural
nominative AIDS AIDSit
accusative nom. AIDS AIDSit
gen. AIDSin
genitive AIDSin AIDSien
partitive AIDSia AIDSeja
inessive AIDSissa AIDSeissa
elative AIDSista AIDSeista
illative AIDSiin AIDSeihin
adessive AIDSilla AIDSeilla
ablative AIDSilta AIDSeilta
allative AIDSille AIDSeille
essive AIDSina AIDSeina
translative AIDSiksi AIDSeiksi
abessive AIDSitta AIDSeitta
instructive AIDSein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of AIDS (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative AIDSini AIDSini
accusative nom. AIDSini AIDSini
gen. AIDSini
genitive AIDSini AIDSieni
partitive AIDSiani AIDSejani
inessive AIDSissani AIDSeissani
elative AIDSistani AIDSeistani
illative AIDSiini AIDSeihini
adessive AIDSillani AIDSeillani
ablative AIDSiltani AIDSeiltani
allative AIDSilleni AIDSeilleni
essive AIDSinani AIDSeinani
translative AIDSikseni AIDSeikseni
abessive AIDSittani AIDSeittani
instructive
comitative AIDSeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative AIDSisi AIDSisi
accusative nom. AIDSisi AIDSisi
gen. AIDSisi
genitive AIDSisi AIDSiesi
partitive AIDSiasi AIDSejasi
inessive AIDSissasi AIDSeissasi
elative AIDSistasi AIDSeistasi
illative AIDSiisi AIDSeihisi
adessive AIDSillasi AIDSeillasi
ablative AIDSiltasi AIDSeiltasi
allative AIDSillesi AIDSeillesi
essive AIDSinasi AIDSeinasi
translative AIDSiksesi AIDSeiksesi
abessive AIDSittasi AIDSeittasi
instructive
comitative AIDSeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative AIDSimme AIDSimme
accusative nom. AIDSimme AIDSimme
gen. AIDSimme
genitive AIDSimme AIDSiemme
partitive AIDSiamme AIDSejamme
inessive AIDSissamme AIDSeissamme
elative AIDSistamme AIDSeistamme
illative AIDSiimme AIDSeihimme
adessive AIDSillamme AIDSeillamme
ablative AIDSiltamme AIDSeiltamme
allative AIDSillemme AIDSeillemme
essive AIDSinamme AIDSeinamme
translative AIDSiksemme AIDSeiksemme
abessive AIDSittamme AIDSeittamme
instructive
comitative AIDSeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative AIDSinne AIDSinne
accusative nom. AIDSinne AIDSinne
gen. AIDSinne
genitive AIDSinne AIDSienne
partitive AIDSianne AIDSejanne
inessive AIDSissanne AIDSeissanne
elative AIDSistanne AIDSeistanne
illative AIDSiinne AIDSeihinne
adessive AIDSillanne AIDSeillanne
ablative AIDSiltanne AIDSeiltanne
allative AIDSillenne AIDSeillenne
essive AIDSinanne AIDSeinanne
translative AIDSiksenne AIDSeiksenne
abessive AIDSittanne AIDSeittanne
instructive
comitative AIDSeinenne

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German

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS n (strong, genitive AIDS, no plural)

  1. (less common) Alternative letter-case form of Aids

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Greenlandic

Noun

AIDS

  1. AIDS
    • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
      Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
      Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease , ...

Hungarian

 AIDS on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From English AIDS, initialism of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS (plural AIDS-ek)

  1. (pathology) AIDS
    Synonym: szerzett immunhiányos tünetegyüttes

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative AIDS AIDS-ek
accusative AIDS-et AIDS-eket
dative AIDS-nek AIDS-eknek
instrumental AIDS-szel AIDS-ekkel
causal-final AIDS-ért AIDS-ekért
translative AIDS-szé AIDS-ekké
terminative AIDS-ig AIDS-ekig
essive-formal AIDS-ként AIDS-ekként
essive-modal
inessive AIDS-ben AIDS-ekben
superessive AIDS-en AIDS-eken
adessive AIDS-nél AIDS-eknél
illative AIDS-be AIDS-ekbe
sublative AIDS-re AIDS-ekre
allative AIDS-hez AIDS-ekhez
elative AIDS-ből AIDS-ekből
delative AIDS-ről AIDS-ekről
ablative AIDS-től AIDS-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
AIDS-é AIDS-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
AIDS-éi AIDS-ekéi
Possessive forms of AIDS
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. AIDS-em AIDS-eim
2nd person sing. AIDS-ed AIDS-eid
3rd person sing. AIDS-e AIDS-ei
1st person plural AIDS-ünk AIDS-eink
2nd person plural AIDS-etek AIDS-eitek
3rd person plural AIDS-ük AIDS-eik
  • As a recently borrowed term, the naturalized pronunciation of AIDS is variable. Consequently, orthographic reference works indicate different spellings for the instrumental and translative cases.
    With the pronunciation (phonetic respelling: édsz): instrumental – AIDS-szel, translative – AIDS-szé.[1]
    With the pronunciation (phonetic respelling: éc): instrumental – AIDS-cel, translative – AIDS-cé.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Tóth, Etelka, editor (2017), Magyar helyesírási szótár: A magyar helyesírás szabályai tizenkettedik kiadása szerint [Dictionary of Hungarian orthography: according to the 12th edition of the Rules of Hungarian orthography], Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN. Online version
  2. ^ Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS, an acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS m (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
    Synonym: (rare) SIDA

References

  • AIDS in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Etymology

From English AIDS.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS(エイズ) (eizu

  1. Synonym of 後天性免疫不全症候群 (kōtensei men'eki fuzen shōkōgun, acquired immune deficiency syndrome); AIDS

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Latvian

Etymology

From English AIDS. Many names were proposed by ZA Terminoloģijas komisija, including, VIDS - virāla imūndeficīta sindroms, sarglaupe, imūnkaile, imūnkailums, imunokaile, imunokailums, AIS - antimūnsindroms, antimūns, bezimunitāte, bezimunitātes slimība, bezimūnkaite, imizorgs - "imunitātes izzudums organismā," imūndeficīts, imunitātes grāvējs, imunitātes zude, imūnkaite, imunozude, imūntrūce, imūnzude, mērlis, nonimuna, sargzude, limfšūngande or shorter gande. Eventually AIDS, a declinable form aidss and mērlis (as an "emotionally captivating" alternative) were officially approved for use by Terminoloģijas komisija. Only the acronym is currently in use. In Latvian AIDS is first attested in print in October 1986.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS m or f (invariable)

  1. AIDS
    AIDS ir saīsināts jaunās slimības nosaukums (no angļu «Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom» [sic] - iegūtā imūndeficīta sindroms). Pirmo reizi ar šo slimību sastapās ASV ārstu grupa Kalifornijas štatā 1981. gada jūnijā.[2]
    AIDS is a shortened name for the new disease (from English "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome"). A group of US doctors in the State of California were the first to encounter this disease in June, 1981.

References

  1. ^ “AIDS” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
  2. ^ Veselība, October 1986, page 7.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS.

Pronunciation

Noun

AIDS n (indeclinable)

  1. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Further reading

  • AIDS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • AIDS in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

AIDS f (usually uncountable, plural AIDS)

  1. (Brazil, pathology) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
    Synonym: (Portugal) SIDA

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