flu

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English

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Etymology

Clipping of influenza

Pronunciation

Noun

flu (usually uncountable, plural flus)

  1. Influenza.
    catch flu
    get over the flu
    transmit flu
  2. (informal) Stomach flu.

Usage notes

  • Can be used with or without the definite article: I have the flu or I have flu

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flu (“influenza”).

Pronunciation

Noun

flu m (uncountable)

  1. (Quebec) diarrhea

Indonesian

Noun

flu (first-person possessive fluku, second-person possessive flumu, third-person possessive flunya)

  1. flu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Related to the verb fly (“to fly”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

flu n (definite singular fluet, indefinite plural flu, definite plural flua)

  1. (countable and uncountable, fishing) bait that is strewn out over the surface to attract fish

Verb

flu (present tense flur, past tense fludde, past participle flutt/fludd, passive infinitive fluast, present participle fluande, imperative flu)

  1. (intransitive) to fish using such a technique
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse flúð.

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Noun

flu f (definite singular flua, indefinite plural fluer, definite plural fluene)

  1. a bank or skerry which is underwater at high tide
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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

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Adjective

flu

  1. fuzzy
  2. (photography) blurred, out of focus
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