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English
Noun
Aids (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”).
2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian:If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter.
Anagrams
- AISD, Dais, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, dais, daïs, sadi, said, sida
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English AIDS, from acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Pronunciation
Noun
Aids n (strong, genitive Aids, no plural)
- AIDS (disease)
Declension
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See also
Further reading
- “Aids” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Aids” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon