malware

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See also: Malware

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæl.weə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware (usually uncountable, plural malwares)

  1. (computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
    Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:malware
    • 2020 October 19, “U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks”, in New York Times:
      In a follow-up attack that hit Kyiv’s power grid a year later, the suspects used a second piece of malware, called Industroyer, to cut power for an hour, the indictment said. The malware, according to experts, posed one of the greatest digital threats to critical infrastructure since Stuxnet, the computer attack by the United States and Israel that took out Iran’s uranium centrifuges in 2009.

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “malware (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Czech

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Wikipedia cs

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

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Noun

malware m inan

  1. (computing) malware
    Synonym: škodlivý software

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware (singular definite ?, plural indefinite malware)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: skadelig software

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Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑl.ʋɛːr/ (usually pronounced in a way approximating the English)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

  1. malware

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonyms: maliciel, logiciel malveillant, (rare) logiciel nuisible, (rare) pourriciel

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m (countable and uncountable, invariable)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software dannoso

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computer security) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Noun

malware n (plural (rare) malware-uri)

  1. (computing) malware
    Synonyms: software rău intenționat, (rare) software dăunător

Declension

Declension of malware
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative malware malware-ul malware-uri malware-urile
genitive-dative malware malware-ului malware-uri malware-urilor
vocative malware-ule malware-urilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Pronunciation

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).

Pronunciation

Noun

malware (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

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