viral
See also: viŕål
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪɹəl/
- Rhymes: -aɪrəl
Adjective
viral (not comparable)
- (virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.
- viral DNA
- (virology) Caused by a virus.
- viral infection
- (computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
- (advertising and marketing) Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.
- 14 November 2018, Jesse Hassenger, AV Club Disney goes viral with an ambitious, overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph sequel
- Still, the movie manages to locate some gentle satire in our culture’s love-hate relationship with the internet. At one point, Ralph must attain a certain level of viral popularity, assisted by the BuzzFeed-esque content guru Yesss (Taraji P. Henson), and the movie is savvy about how accidental spikes in fame can turn into cynical algorithm manipulation.
- 14 November 2018, Jesse Hassenger, AV Club Disney goes viral with an ambitious, overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph sequel
- (of an image, video, piece of information, etc.) circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another.
Derived terms
- antiviral
- astroviral
- bovine viral diarrhea
- cardioviral
- cryptoviral
- endogenous viral element
- enteroviral
- go viral
- herpesviral
- intraviral
- neuroviral
- nonviral
- postviral
- poxviral
- previral
- proviral
- pseudoviral
- retroviral
- subviral
- superviral
- viral envelope
- virality
- viral load
- virally
- viral marketing
- viral media
- viralness
Translations
relating to a virus in biological sense
caused by a virus
advertising and marketing: spread by word of mouth
(of an image, video, piece of information, etc.) circulating rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another
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Noun
viral (plural virals)
- (marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
- 2002, Nik Lever, Flash Mx Games: ActionScript for Artists, Focal Press, page 411,
- Using the Flash ActiveX control in this way allows you as a developer to create desktop characters, email virals and screensavers.
- 2003, Dave Chaffey, Total E-Mail Marketing, Elsevier, page 2,
- [M]ost virals are not seen as profiling and data collection exercises, since that would kill the impulse of forwarding to a friend.
- 2005, Russell Evans, Practical DV Filmmaking, Focal Press, page 289,
- Music company virals are becoming commonplace as costs of promos force labels to reconsider how to target more directly to consumers.
- 2002, Nik Lever, Flash Mx Games: ActionScript for Artists, Focal Press, page 411,
Catalan
Adjective
viral (masculine and feminine plural virals)
Related terms
Further reading
- “viral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “viral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “viral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viʁal/
Adjective
viral (feminine singular virale, masculine plural viraux, feminine plural virales)
- viral (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further reading
- “viral” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈʀaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Declension
Declension of viral
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist viral | sie ist viral | es ist viral | sie sind viral | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | viraler | virale | virales | virale |
genitive | viralen | viraler | viralen | viraler | |
dative | viralem | viraler | viralem | viralen | |
accusative | viralen | virale | virales | virale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der virale | die virale | das virale | die viralen |
genitive | des viralen | der viralen | des viralen | der viralen | |
dative | dem viralen | der viralen | dem viralen | den viralen | |
accusative | den viralen | die virale | das virale | die viralen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein viraler | eine virale | ein virales | (keine) viralen |
genitive | eines viralen | einer viralen | eines viralen | (keiner) viralen | |
dative | einem viralen | einer viralen | einem viralen | (keinen) viralen | |
accusative | einen viralen | eine virale | ein virales | (keine) viralen |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ˈɾaw/
Adjective
viral m or f (plural virais, comparable)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈral/
Adjective
viral m or n (feminine singular virală, masculine plural virali, feminine and neuter plural virale)
Synonyms
- (relating to viruses, caused by a virus): virotic
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈɾal/
Adjective
viral (plural virales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “viral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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