How do you pronounce influenza?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪn.fluˈɛn.zə/.

influenza

/ˌɪn.fluˈɛn.zə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: in-fluen-za
IPA: /ˌɪn.fluˈɛn.zə/

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Meaning

noun

An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In early 1919 the Board also issued a film, Dr Wise on Influenza, in which a character called 'Brown' spreads the disease by enacting poor behaviours. This did address transport - by boarding a crowded omnibus, "Brown may be scattering germs throughout the carriage and giving influenza to a number of people"."
"Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”."
"Highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) is of rising concern to epidemiologists. The US National Library of Medicine lists H5N9 as a subtype avian influenza virus. […] It found cats could “serve as mixing vessels for reassortment of avian and mammalian influenza viruses” as well as act as a “bridge” to infect other species."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian influenza (“influence”), from Latin influentia. Doublet of influence.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: influentia

Usage

Inflected Forms

influenzas (plural) influenze (plural)

Derived Forms

affluenza influenzal influenzalike influenzavirus influenzoid parainfluenza postinfluenza superinfluenza

Phrases

Asian influenza avian influenza Hong Kong influenza Mexican influenza Spanish influenza swine influenza

Frequently Paired Words

affluence affluent circumfluence circumfluent circumfluous confluence confluent conflux

Synonyms

flu grippe grip

Rhymes With

credenza potenza cosenza fiorenza penza chiarenza forlenza affluenza