Definition of 'flu'
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flu in British English
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(fluː)
noun
1.
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flu
British English: flu
/fluː/ NOUN
Flu is an illness caused by a virus. The symptoms are like those of a bad cold, but more serious.
He had flu.
- American English: flu /ˈflu/
- Arabic: الإنْفلوانزا
- Brazilian Portuguese: gripe
- Chinese: 流感
- Croatian: gripa
- Czech: chřipka
- Danish: influenza
- Dutch: griep
- European Spanish: gripe
- Finnish: flunssa
- French: grippe
- German: Grippe
- Greek: γρίπη
- Italian: influenza
- Japanese: インフルエンザ
- Korean: 독감
- Norwegian: influensa
- Polish: grypa
- European Portuguese: gripe
- Romanian: gripă
- Russian: грипп
- Latin American Spanish: gripe
- Swedish: influensa
- Thai: ไข้หวัดใหญ่
- Turkish: grip
- Ukrainian: грип
- Vietnamese: bệnh cúm
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