Meanings
nouninfectiousness (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of being infectious.
Similar
infectiosity
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 傳染性 /传染性
- 傳染性 /传染性 (chuánrǎn xìng)state or condition of being infectious
Czech nakažlivost
- nakažlivoststate or condition of being infectious
Dutch infectiositeit
- infectiositeitstate or condition of being infectious
Finnish tarttuvuus
- tarttuvuusstate or condition of being infectious
French infectiosité, nature infectieuse
- infectiositéstate or condition of being infectious
- nature infectieusestate or condition of being infectious
German Infektiosität, Ansteckungsfähigkeit
- Infektiositätstate or condition of being infectious
- Ansteckungsfähigkeitstate or condition of being infectious
- Ansteckungsgefahrstate or condition of being infectious
Indonesian daya menular
- daya menularstate or condition of being infectious
Japanese 感染力
- 感染力 (kansen-ryoku)state or condition of being infectious
Polish zaraźliwość
- zaraźliwośćstate or condition of being infectious
Portuguese infetuosidade, infecciosidade
- infetuosidadestate or condition of being infectious
- infecciosidadestate or condition of being infectious
Russian зара́зность
- зара́зность (zaráznostʹ)state or condition of being infectious
Spanish infectividad
- infectividadstate or condition of being infectious
Swedish smittsamhet
- smittsamhetstate or condition of being infectious
Turkish bulaşıcılık
- bulaşıcılıkstate or condition of being infectious
Cite this entry
APA
infectiousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectiousness
MLA
“infectiousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectiousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infectiousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectiousness.
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