"covid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkoʊvɪd/ [General-American], /ˈkʌvɪd/ [General-American], /ˈkəʊvɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɒvɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkəʊvəd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɐʉvəd/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-covid.wav
Rhymes: -əʊvɪd Etymology: From COVID-19. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} covid (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial) Short for COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable Alternative form of: COVID-19 (extra: the disease caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2) Categories (topical): Coronavirus Derived forms: covid-19 party, covid-crazy, covid cut, covidiocy, covidiot, covid party, covid-safe, covid-wise, long covid, novid Translations (Translations): ко́вид (kóvid) [masculine] (Bulgarian), covid [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), corona [common-gender] (Dutch), covid [common-gender] (Dutch), korona (Finnish), covid [feminine, masculine] (French), ಕೋವಿಡ್ (kōviḍ) (Kannada), ಕೊರೋನಾ (korōnā) (Kannada), kowheori (Maori), ко́ви́д (kóvíd) [masculine] (Russian), covid [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), โควิด (koo-wìt) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-covid-en-noun-MXPV10Ri Disambiguation of Coronavirus: 92 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 18 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 68 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 15 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: covids [plural]
Etymology: From Portuguese covado (“cubit”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|covado||cubit}} Portuguese covado (“cubit”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} covid (plural covids)
  1. (archaic, units of measure) A cubit. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-covid-en-noun-ximCX9LQ Topics: units-of-measure
  2. (archaic, units of measure) A chi. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-covid-en-noun-PGO6YtZm Topics: units-of-measure
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: covado
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cubit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cubit",
          "cubit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, units of measure) A cubit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "units-of-measure"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1815, A dictionary of the Chinese language, in three parts:",
          "text": "A measure of length, the Chinese cubit, by Europeans called covid.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1852, Li Zhou, translated by William Raymond Gingell, The Ceremonial Usages of the Chinese, B. C. 1121, page 4:",
          "text": "From east to west it was nine covids, and from south to north seven yen, (63 covids).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chi."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chi",
          "chi#Etymology_3"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, units of measure) A chi."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "units-of-measure"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "covid"
}

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