wirus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Borrowed from French virus. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from American English virus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.rus/
• Rhymes: -irus
• Syllabification: wi‧rus

wirus m animal (related adjective wirusowy)

1. (virology) virus (infectious organism)

   Hypernym: patogen

3. (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

(adjectives):

(nouns):

• wirus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wirus in Polish dictionaries at PWN