# AIDS
## English
### Alternative forms

* Aids

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɪdz/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Homophones: aids, aides
* Rhymes: -eɪdz

### Noun

AIDS (uncountable)
* (pathology, acronym) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. [from 1982]
    Synonyms: (dated) GRID, (dated, slang) gay cancer, (dated, slang) gay plague, (dated) 4H disease, (offensive) anally inflicted death sentence
** 2007, Clinical Pathology, →ISBN, page 50:Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8).

#### Coordinate terms

* (acquired immune deficiency syndrome): HIV (“human immunodeficiency virus”)

#### Derived terms

* AIDS baby
* AIDS cocktail
* AIDSer
* AIDSphobia
* AIDS-related complex, ARC
* AIDS ribbon
* AIDS virus
* AIDSy
* HIV/AIDS
* pre-AIDS

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: AIDS, aids
* → Czech: AIDS
* → Finnish: AIDS
* → Hindi: एड्स (eḍs), एड्ज़ (eḍz)
* → Hungarian: AIDS
* → Japanese: AIDS (AIDS)
* → Latvian: AIDS
* → Portuguese: AIDS
* → Swedish: aids
* → Telugu: ఎయిడ్స్ (eyiḍs)
* → Urdu: ایڈس, ایڈز
* → Yoruba: éèdì

#### Translations
### Adjective

AIDS (comparative more AIDS, superlative most AIDS)
* (slang, vulgar) Extremely annoying or frustrating.
    Synonym: cancer
    Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

### Anagrams

* AISD, Dais, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, dais, daïs, sadi, said, sida

## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

### Noun

aids/AIDS m (plural -, definite aidsi (AIDS-i), definite plural -)
* AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
    sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituaracquired immune deficiency syndrome

#### Synonyms

* sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar
* SIDA f, sida f
* aids m

#### Further reading

* noun aids • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* aids

### Etymology

Borrowed from English AIDS.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈajts], [ˈɛjts]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

AIDS m inan
* AIDS

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English AIDS.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑi̯ds/, [ˈɑ̝i̯ds̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑids
* Hyphenation: AIDS

### Noun

AIDS
* AIDS

#### Declension

Possessive forms of AIDS (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
AIDSini
AIDSini
accusative
nom.
AIDSini
AIDSini
gen.
AIDSini
genitive
AIDSini
AIDSieni
partitive
AIDSiani
AIDSejani
inessive
AIDSissani
AIDSeissani
elative
AIDSistani
AIDSeistani
illative
AIDSiini
AIDSeihini
adessive
AIDSillani
AIDSeillani
ablative
AIDSiltani
AIDSeiltani
allative
AIDSilleni
AIDSeilleni
essive
AIDSinani
AIDSeinani
translative
AIDSikseni
AIDSeikseni
abessive
AIDSittani
AIDSeittani
instructive
comitative
—AIDSeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
AIDSisi
AIDSisi
accusative
nom.
AIDSisi
AIDSisi
gen.
AIDSisi
genitive
AIDSisi
AIDSiesi
partitive
AIDSiasi
AIDSejasi
inessive
AIDSissasi
AIDSeissasi
elative
AIDSistasi
AIDSeistasi
illative
AIDSiisi
AIDSeihisi
adessive
AIDSillasi
AIDSeillasi
ablative
AIDSiltasi
AIDSeiltasi
allative
AIDSillesi
AIDSeillesi
essive
AIDSinasi
AIDSeinasi
translative
AIDSiksesi
AIDSeiksesi
abessive
AIDSittasi
AIDSeittasi
instructive
comitative
—AIDSeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
AIDSimme
AIDSimme
accusative
nom.
AIDSimme
AIDSimme
gen.
AIDSimme
genitive
AIDSimme
AIDSiemme
partitive
AIDSiamme
AIDSejamme
inessive
AIDSissamme
AIDSeissamme
elative
AIDSistamme
AIDSeistamme
illative
AIDSiimme
AIDSeihimme
adessive
AIDSillamme
AIDSeillamme
ablative
AIDSiltamme
AIDSeiltamme
allative
AIDSillemme
AIDSeillemme
essive
AIDSinamme
AIDSeinamme
translative
AIDSiksemme
AIDSeiksemme
abessive
AIDSittamme
AIDSeittamme
instructive
comitative
—AIDSeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
AIDSinne
AIDSinne
accusative
nom.
AIDSinne
AIDSinne
gen.
AIDSinne
genitive
AIDSinne
AIDSienne
partitive
AIDSianne
AIDSejanne
inessive
AIDSissanne
AIDSeissanne
elative
AIDSistanne
AIDSeistanne
illative
AIDSiinne
AIDSeihinne
adessive
AIDSillanne
AIDSeillanne
ablative
AIDSiltanne
AIDSeiltanne
allative
AIDSillenne
AIDSeillenne
essive
AIDSinanne
AIDSeinanne
translative
AIDSiksenne
AIDSeiksenne
abessive
AIDSittanne
AIDSeittanne
instructive
comitative
—AIDSeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
AIDSinsa
AIDSinsa
accusative
nom.
AIDSinsa
AIDSinsa
gen.
AIDSinsa
genitive
AIDSinsa
AIDSiensa
partitive
AIDSiaan AIDSiansa
AIDSejaan AIDSejansa
inessive
AIDSissaan AIDSissansa
AIDSeissaan AIDSeissansa
elative
AIDSistaan AIDSistansa
AIDSeistaan AIDSeistansa
illative
AIDSiinsa
AIDSeihinsa
adessive
AIDSillaan AIDSillansa
AIDSeillaan AIDSeillansa
ablative
AIDSiltaan AIDSiltansa
AIDSeiltaan AIDSeiltansa
allative
AIDSilleen AIDSillensa
AIDSeilleen AIDSeillensa
essive
AIDSinaan AIDSinansa
AIDSeinaan AIDSeinansa
translative
AIDSikseen AIDSiksensa
AIDSeikseen AIDSeiksensa
abessive
AIDSittaan AIDSittansa
AIDSeittaan AIDSeittansa
instructive
comitative
—AIDSeineen AIDSeinensa :

#### Synonyms

* immuunikato

#### Derived terms

* AIDS-potilas
* AIDS-tukikeskus

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

AIDS n (strong, genitive AIDS, no plural)
* (less common) Alternative letter-case form of Aids

#### Declension
## Greenlandic
### Noun

AIDS
* AIDS
** 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English AIDS, initialism of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈeːt͡sː], [ˈeːt͡s]
* Hyphenation: AIDS
* Rhymes: -eːt͡sː, -eːt͡s

### Noun

AIDS (plural AIDS-ek)
* (pathology) AIDS
    Synonym: szerzett immunhiányos tünetegyüttes

#### Declension

* As a recently borrowed term, the naturalized pronunciation of AIDS is variable. Consequently, orthographic reference works indicate different spellings for the instrumental and translative cases.
    With the pronunciation [ˈeːt͡sː] (phonetic respelling: édsz): instrumental – AIDS-szel, translative – AIDS-szé.
    With the pronunciation [ˈeːt͡s] (phonetic respelling: éc): instrumental – AIDS-cel, translative – AIDS-cé.

#### Derived terms

* AIDS-es

### References

* ↑ Tóth, Etelka, editor (2017), Magyar helyesírási szótár: A magyar helyesírás szabályai tizenkettedik kiadása szerint [Dictionary of Hungarian orthography: according to the 12th edition of the Rules of Hungarian orthography], Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN. Online version
* ↑ Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS, an acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aj.diˈɛs.se/, /ˈajd͡z/$^*$
* Rhymes: -ɛsse, -ajdz
* Hyphenation: AIDS

### Noun

AIDS m (uncountable)
* (pathology) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
    Synonym: (rare) SIDA

### References

* AIDS in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Japanese
### Etymology

From English AIDS.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) エイズ [éꜜìzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [e̞izɨ]

### Noun

AIDS(エイズ) • (eizu)
* Synonym of 後天性免疫不全症候群 (kōtensei men'eki fuzen shōkōgun, “acquired immune deficiency syndrome”); AIDS

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Latvian
### Etymology

From English AIDS. Many names were proposed by ZA Terminoloģijas komisija, including, VIDS - virāla imūndeficīta sindroms, sarglaupe, imūnkaile, imūnkailums, imunokaile, imunokailums, AIS - antimūnsindroms, antimūns, bezimunitāte, bezimunitātes slimība, bezimūnkaite, imizorgs - "imunitātes izzudums organismā," imūndeficīts, imunitātes grāvējs, imunitātes zude, imūnkaite, imunozude, imūntrūce, imūnzude, mērlis, nonimuna, sargzude, limfšūngande or shorter gande. Eventually AIDS, a declinable form aidss and mērlis (as an "emotionally captivating" alternative) were officially approved for use by Terminoloģijas komisija. Only the acronym is currently in use. In Latvian AIDS is first attested in print in October 1986.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [âjts]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

AIDS m or f (invariable)
* AIDS
    AIDS ir saīsināts jaunās slimības nosaukums (no angļu «Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom» [sic] - iegūtā imūndeficīta sindroms). Pirmo reizi ar šo slimību sastapās ASV ārstu grupa Kalifornijas štatā 1981. gada jūnijā.AIDS is a shortened name for the new disease (from English "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome"). A group of US doctors in the State of California were the first to encounter this disease in June, 1981.

### References

* ↑ “AIDS” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
* ↑ Veselība, October 1986, page 7.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛjts/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛjts
* Syllabification: AIDS

### Noun

AIDS n (indeclinable)
* AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

### Further reading

* AIDS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* AIDS in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaj.d͡ʒis/ [ˈaɪ̯.d͡ʒis], /ˈajds/ [ˈaɪ̯ds]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaj.d͡ʒis/ [ˈaɪ̯.d͡ʒis], /ˈajds/ [ˈaɪ̯ds]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈaj.d͡ʒiʃ/ [ˈaɪ̯.d͡ʒiʃ], /ˈajdʃ/ [ˈaɪ̯dʃ]

### Noun

AIDS f (usually uncountable, plural AIDS)
* (Brazil, pathology) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
    Synonym: (Portugal) SIDA

#### Derived terms

* aidético

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

(Can we verify this pronunciation?) (particularly: êt-x(ơ))

### Noun

AIDS
* AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
    Synonym: hội chứng suy giảm miễn dịch mắc phải