No. 1,988 in French
virus
A microorganism or pathogen that can infect living organisms and replicate within host cells.
In a sentence
Le virus informatique a infecté tous les fichiers sur l'ordinateur.
The computer virus infected all the files on the computer.
Here, 'virus' is used in the context of technology, referring to malicious software affecting computers.
Les chercheurs travaillent sur un vaccin contre le virus qui cause la grippe.
Researchers are working on a vaccine for the virus that causes the flu.
In this sentence, 'virus' refers to a biological organism causing illness.
Un mauvais comportement peut être comparé à un virus dans une société.
Bad behavior can be compared to a virus in a society.
Here, 'virus' is employed metaphorically to describe something harmful or spreading within a community.
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