flu
UK/fluː/
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Australia/flʉː/
flu noun: influenza.
Noun
flu (usually uncountable, plural flus)
- Influenza.
- catch flu
- get over the flu
- Stomach flu.
flu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flu in Hindi
- influenza
- इनफ़्लुएंज़ा influenzā
flu in Tamil
- influenza
- இன்ஃபுளுவென்சா iṉfuḷuveṉcā
flu in Marathi
- फ्लू, फ्ल्यू
flu in Urdu
- influenza
- انفلوئنزا influenzā, نزلہ
More languagesFewer languages
- flu in Bengali
- ইনফ্লুয়েঞ্জা inphluẏenja, ফ্লু phlu
- flu in Telugu
- ఫ్లూ phlū
- flu in Malayalam
- ഇൻഫ്ലുവെൻസ iṉphluveṉsa
- flu in Kannada
- ಇನ್ಫ್ಲುಯೆನ್ಜ inphluyenja
- flu in Punjabi
- ਫਲੂ, ਫ਼ਲੂ
- flu in Gujarati
- ફ્લૂ, ફલૂ
- flu in Odia
- ଫ୍ଲୁ
- flu in Nepali
- रुघा rughā
- flu in Tagalog
- trangkaso
- flu in Arabic
- إِنْفْلُوِنْزَا ʔinfluwinzā
- flu in Malay
- influenza
- flu in Indonesian
- influenza, flu
- flu in Persian
- انفلوانزا anfoluânzâ
- flu in Thai
- ไข้หวัดใหญ่ kâi wàt yài
- flu in Vietnamese
- bệnh cúm, cúm
- flu in Myanmar
- တုတ်ကွေးရောဂါ tutkwe:rau:ga
Examples of flu in a sentence
- He missed work because he caught the flu.
- Every winter, doctors warn about seasonal flu.
- She felt like she had the flu, with aches and fever.
Synonyms of flu
Forms of flu
| plural | flus |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | 'flu |
| alternative form (dated) | floo |
Origin of flu
Clipping of influenza.
Words formed from flu
- 24-hour flu
- antiflu
- Asian flu
- avian flu
- benzo flu
- bird flu
- blue flu
- brown bottle flu
- camel flu
- carb flu
- cocktail flu
- con flu
- diplomatic flu
- Egyptian flu
- Ekka flu
- executive flu
- fluey
- flu friend
- fluish
- flulike
- Flu Manchu
- flu mask
- flunami
- flu party
- flurona
- flu shot
- freshers' flu
- fuck flu
- gastric flu
- hog flu
- Hong Kong flu
- keto flu
- kung flu
- man flu
- Mexican flu
- Navajo flu
- pig flu
- piggy flu
- Russian flu
- Spanish flu
- stomach flu
- superflu
- swine flu
- Teflon flu
- tomato flu
- Wu flu
- Wuhan flu
- yuppie flu
Phrases with flu
Words that rhyme with flu
Questions about flu
- What does flu mean?
- Flu means influenza.
- What is flu in Hindi?
- Flu in Hindi is इनफ़्लुएंज़ा (influenzā). See Flu meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use flu in a sentence?
- He missed work because he caught the flu.
- What part of speech is flu?
- Flu is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flu?
- Flu is pronounced /fluː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of flu?
- The plural of flu is flus.
Words near flu in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flu (page history and authors); flu (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flu (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flu (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flu (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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