flulike
/ˈfluːlʌɪk/adjective
flulike is an adjective meaning “Resembling or characteristic of influenza” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-L-I-K-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flulike mean?
adjective
- 1
Resembling or characteristic of influenza.
The patient presented with flulike symptoms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flulike?
- UK /ˈfluːlʌɪk/
Flulike has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flulike
- more flulike comparative
- most flulike superlative
- flu-like
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flulike?
Flulike appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Flulike in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense resembling influenza:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | gripal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flulike come from?
From flu + -like.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).