contagious

English

Etymology

From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪdʒəs/
Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs

Adjective

contagious (comparative more contagious, superlative most contagious)

Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.
The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.
Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.
They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.

Synonyms

(of a disease): catching, infectious
(of a trend, laughter, etc): infectious

Antonyms

non-contagious

Derived terms

Translations

of a disease, easily transmitted to others

Bashkir: йоғошло (yoğošlo)
Bulgarian: заразен (bg) (zarazen)
Catalan: contagiós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 传染性 (zh) (chuánrǎnxìng), 傳染性 (zh) (chuánrǎnxìng)
Czech: nakažlivý (cs) m
Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), besmettelijk (nl)
Finnish: tarttuva (fi)
French: contagieux (fr)
Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi), კონტაგიოზური (ḳonṭagiozuri), ინფექციური (inpekciuri)
German: ansteckend (de), kontagiös (de)
Greek: μεταδοτικός (el) m (metadotikós)
Hungarian: fertőző (hu)
Irish: gabhálach

Italian: contagioso (it), infettivo (it)
Japanese: 伝染性の (でんせんせいの, densensei no)
Latvian: lipīgs
Maori: mauhoro
Polish: zaraźliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: contagiante (pt), contagioso (pt)
Romanian: contagios (ro), molipsitor (ro)
Russian: зара́зный (ru) (zaráznyj)
Serbo-Croatian: zarazan (sh)
Spanish: contagioso (es)
Swedish: smittsam (sv)
Tagalog: nakalalalin, nakahahawa
Turkish: bulaşıcı (tr)

of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others

Bulgarian: заразителен (bg) (zarazitelen)
Catalan: contagiós (ca), encomanadís
Czech: nakažlivý (cs) m
Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), besmettelijk (nl)
Finnish: tarttuva (fi)
French: contagieux (fr)
Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi)
German: ansteckend (de)
Greek: μεταδοτικός (el) m (metadotikós)
Hungarian: fertőző (hu)

Icelandic: smitandi
Irish: gabhálach
Italian: contagioso (it)
Polish: zaraźliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: contagiante (pt)
Russian: зарази́тельный (ru) (zarazítelʹnyj)
Spanish: contagioso (es)
Swedish: smittsam (sv)
Tagalog: nakakahawa
Turkish: bulaşıcı (tr)

capable of spreading a disease

Catalan: contagiós (ca)
Dutch: besmettelijk (nl)
Finnish: tartuntavaarallinen
French: contagieux (fr)
Georgian: ინფექციის წარმომშობი (inpekciis c̣armomšobi), ინფექციის გადამდები (inpekciis gadamdebi)
German: ansteckend (de)

Hungarian: fertőző (hu)
Italian: contagioso (it), infettivo (it)
Portuguese: contagiante (pt), contagioso (pt)
Romanian: contagios (ro)
Swedish: smittbärande

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Translations to be checked

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 전염성이 있는 (jeonyeomseong-i inneun)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} contagiosus
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} smittefarlig
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} контагиозно

Roman: ^{(please verify)} contagiozno

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} contagioso (es)

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