Meanings
plural flus · alternative dated 'flu · alternative dated floo
- uncountableusuallyInfluenza.
catch/transmit flu
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get/be over the flu
He missed work because he caught the flu.
Every winter, doctors warn about seasonal flu.
Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.
2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025 - informaluncountableusuallyStomach flu.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounan acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Clipping of influenza.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans griep
- griepinfluenza
Arabic إِنْفْلُوِنْزَا
- إِنْفْلُوِنْزَا (ʔinfluwinzā)influenza
Bengali ইনফ্লুয়েঞ্জা, ফ্লু
- ইনফ্লুয়েঞ্জা (inphluẏenja)influenza
- ফ্লু (phlu)influenza
Bulgarian грип, инфлуе́нца
- грип (grip)influenza
- инфлуе́нца (influénca)influenza
Catalan grip
- gripinfluenza
Chinese Mandarin 流行性感冒, 流感
- 流行性感冒 (liúxíngxìnggǎnmào)influenza
- 流感 (liúgǎn)influenza
Czech chřipka
- chřipkainfluenza
Danish influenza
- influenzainfluenza
Dutch griep
- griepinfluenza
Esperanto gripo
- gripoinfluenza
Estonian gripp
- grippinfluenza
Finnish influenssa
- influenssainfluenza
French grippe
- grippeinfluenza
German Grippe
- Grippeinfluenza
Greek γρίπη
- γρίπη (grípi)influenza
Hebrew שפעת
- שפעת (shapa'at)influenza
Hindi इनफ़्लुएंज़ा
- इनफ़्लुएंज़ा (influenzā)influenza
Hungarian influenza
- influenzainfluenza
Icelandic flensa, inflúensa
- flensainfluenza
- inflúensainfluenza
Indonesian influenza, flu
- influenzainfluenza
- fluinfluenza
Italian influenza
- influenzainfluenza
Japanese インフルエンザ, インフル
- インフルエンザ (infuruenza)influenza
- インフル (abbr)influenza
- 流行性感冒 (ryūkōsē-kanbō)influenza
Korean 인플루엔자
- 인플루엔자 (inpeulluenja)influenza
Latin influentia
- influentiainfluenza
Latvian gripa
- gripainfluenza
Lithuanian gripas
- gripasinfluenza
Malay influenza
- influenzainfluenza
Persian انفلوانزا
- انفلوانزا (anfoluânzâ)influenza
Polish grypa
- grypainfluenza
Portuguese gripe
- gripeinfluenza
Romanian gripă
- gripăinfluenza
Russian грипп, инфлюэ́нца
- грипп (gripp)influenza
- инфлюэ́нца (infljuénca)influenza
Scottish Gaelic cnatan mòr
- cnatan mòrinfluenza
Slovak chrípka
- chrípkainfluenza
Spanish gripe, gripa
- gripeinfluenza
- gripainfluenza
- gripolainfluenza
Swedish influensa, flunsa
- influensainfluenza
- flunsainfluenza
Tagalog trangkaso
- trangkasoinfluenza
Tamil இன்ஃபுளுவென்சா
- இன்ஃபுளுவென்சா (iṉfuḷuveṉcā)influenza
Thai ไข้หวัดใหญ่
- ไข้หวัดใหญ่ (kâi wàt yài)influenza
Turkish grip
- gripinfluenza
Ukrainian грип
- грип (hryp)influenza
Urdu انفلوئنزا, نزلہ
- انفلوئنزا (influenzā)influenza
- نزلہinfluenza
Vietnamese bệnh cúm, cúm
- bệnh cúminfluenza
- cúminfluenza
Yiddish גריפּע
- גריפּע (gripe)influenza
Zulu imfuluwenza
- imfuluwenzainfluenza
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flu
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
flu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flu
“flu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flu. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flu.
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