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
བོད་སྐད
ཆམས་པ
Bosanski
gripa
Dansk
forkølelse
Esperanto
malvarmumo
Français
rhume
עברית
הצטננות
Hrvatski
gripa
Magyar
nátha
Bahasa Indonesia
pilek
ქართული
გაციება
한국어
감기
Kurdî
nezle
Latviešu
iesnas
മലയാളം
ജലദോഷം
Монгол
ханиад
मराठी
सर्दी
Nederlands
verkoudheid
Српски
gripa
Svenska
förkylning
Kiswahili
mafua ya kawaida
தமிழ்
சளி
ไทย
หวัด
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.
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