wirus

== Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French virus. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from American English virus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvi.rus/ Rhymes: -irus Syllabification: wi‧rus === Noun === wirus m animal (related adjective wirusowy) (virology) virus (infectious organism) Hypernym: patogen (computer security) computer virus, virus (type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data) Synonyms: bakcyl, insekt, robak ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “wirus”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “wirus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)