viral
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See also: viŕål
Etymology
Pronunciation
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.
- 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 85:
- “Efficient way to disseminate information? I don't think.”
“But it is,” Cayce insists. “The model's viral. ‘Deep niche.’ The venues would be carefully selected—”
- 2018 November 14, Jesse Hassenger, “Disney Goes Viral with an Ambitious, Overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph Sequel”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 21 November 2019:
- Still, the movie [Ralph Breaks the Internet] 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.
- (social media) Circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.
- 2021 March 24, Charlie Warzel, quoting Anil Dash, “What Are You Paying for When You Buy a GIF for $25,000?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- The end game of that is the GoFundMe link posted beneath a viral tweet so they can pay for their health care. Being an influencer sounds fun until it’s ‘keep producing viral content to literally stay alive.’
Synonyms
- virous (dated)
Derived terms
- adenoviral
- alphacoronaviral
- antiviral
- anti-viral
- astroviral
- betacoronaviral
- bovine viral diarrhea
- bovine viral diarrhoea
- cardioviral
- coronaviral
- cryptoviral
- endogenous viral element
- enteroviral
- extraviral
- gammacoronaviral
- go viral
- haloviral
- herpesviral
- interviral
- intraviral
- lipoviral
- microviral
- multiviral
- mycoviral
- myoviral
- myxoviral
- neuroviral
- nonviral
- oncoviral
- panviral
- phleboviral
- phycoviral
- phytoviral
- postviral
- poxviral
- previral
- proviral
- pseudoviral
- retroviral
- riboviral
- semiviral
- subviral
- superviral
- viral envelope
- virality
- viral load
- virally
- viral marketing
- viral media
- viralness
- viral sex
Translations
relating to a virus in biological sense
|
caused by a virus
|
computing: of the nature of a virus
advertising and marketing: spread by word of mouth
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,
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Adjective
viral m or f (masculine and feminine plural virals)
- viral (of or relating to a biologic virus)
- Synonym: víric
- viral (caused by a virus)
- Synonym: víric
- viral (spread by word of mouth)
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, 2024
- “viral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
viral (feminine virale, masculine plural viraux, feminine plural virales)
- viral (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “viral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Adjective
viral (strong nominative masculine singular viraler, not comparable)
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist viral | sie ist viral | es ist viral | sie sind viral | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ||||
| genitive | |||||
| dative | |||||
| accusative | |||||
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der | die | das | die |
| genitive | des | der | des | der | |
| dative | dem | der | dem | den | |
| accusative | den | die | das | die | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein | eine | ein | (keine) |
| genitive | eines | einer | eines | (keiner) | |
| dative | einem | einer | einem | (keinen) | |
| accusative | einen | eine | ein | (keine) | |
Positive forms of viral (uncomparable)
Derived terms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
viral
- viral:
- (computing, virology) of or relating to virus; caused by a virus.
- (advertising, marketing, social media) circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.
Synonyms
- (social media): tular (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- memviralkan
- pemviralan
- terviralkan
Further reading
- “viral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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