prepandemic

English

Alternative forms

• pre-pandemic

Etymology

From pre- +‎ pandemic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

Adjective

prepandemic (not comparable)

1. Before a pandemic.

   Antonym: postpandemic

   • 2016 March 3, “Ultradeformable Archaeosomes for Needle Free Nanovaccination with Leishmania braziliensis Antigens”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Whereas the overall risk benefit in prophylactic vaccination against pandemic and prepandemic lethal viral fevers was declared positive by the WHO, the use of squalene emulsions to adjuvant vaccines against a disease caused by a non lethal protozoan parasite is at least uncertain.

   • 2021 July 29, Ben Casselman, “The U.S. economy grew 1.6 percent in the second quarter, returning to prepandemic size.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The growth, fueled by strong consumer spending and robust business investment, brought output, adjusted for inflation, back to its prepandemic level.

   • 2022 April 5, Michal Leibowitz, “‘I Didn’t Feel Like Going, but I’m Glad I Did’: My Motto of the Moment”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The things that used to make my day in prepandemic times were small and unplanned for — noticing a street sign that prohibited the capture of pigeons or overhearing one stranger scolding another for ordering salad at a barbecue restaurant.

Translations

before a pandemic

Finnish: pandemiaa edeltävä, pandemiaa edeltänyt French: prépandémique (fr), pré-pandémique (fr) German: vorpandemisch, präpandemisch Greek: προπανδημικός (el) (propandimikós) Hungarian: világjárvány előtti Romanian: prepandemic Russian: предпандеми́йный (ru) (predpandemíjnyj) Spanish: prepandémico (es)

Adverb

prepandemic (not comparable)

1. Before a pandemic.
   • 2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times‎:

     And after he was hospitalized with Covid-19 and lost millions of dollars (pre-pandemic, he said his restaurants did around $70 million a year), those restaurants that remain are once again filling up.

   • 2022 October 7, Emma Goldberg, “The Job Market Has Been Like Musical Chairs. Will the Music Stop?”, in The New York Times‎:

     In February 2022, she helped plan an event with an employer that recruits heavily from Georgetown, a flashy gathering with free food and branded swag. Prepandemic the presentation would draw over 100 attendees. Last year, only 40 or so students attended.

See also

• before times

Romanian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ pandemic.

Adjective

prepandemic m or n (feminine singular prepandemică, masculine plural prepandemici, feminine and neuter plural prepandemice)

1. prepandemic

Declension

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	prepandemic		prepandemică	prepandemici	prepandemice
	definite	prepandemicul		prepandemica	prepandemicii	prepandemicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	prepandemic		prepandemice	prepandemici	prepandemice
	definite	prepandemicului		prepandemicei	prepandemicilor	prepandemicelor

Declension of prepandemic