Meaning of common cold | Babel Free
Definitions
A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms typically include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.
Equivalents
العربية
زكام
Čeština
nachlazení
Français
rhume
Bahasa Indonesia
pilek
한국어
감기
Nederlands
verkoudheid
Polski
przeziębienie
Svenska
förkylning
ไทย
หวัด
Türkçe
soğuk algınlığı
Examples
“So he went to the hospital and got checked. Doctors determined it was a common cold, not the new coronavirus, he says, and he returned home. Then a week ago, he says, five officers showed up at his house in Xishui County, a two hour drive from Wuhan. They wore masks and wielded blue, gun-shaped thermometers.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.