rhinovirus
noun
rhinovirus is a noun meaning “Any of many common infectious RNA viruses, of the genus Rhinovirus, that cause disorders such as the common cold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-H-I-N-O-V-I-R-U-S, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rhinovirus is rhinoviruses.
What does rhinovirus mean?
noun
- 1
Any of many common infectious RNA viruses, of the genus Rhinovirus, that cause disorders such as the common cold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rhinovirus
- rhinoviruses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rhinovirus?
Rhinovirus appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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).
Rhinovirus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense virus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rhinovirus |
| German | Rhinovirus |
| Spanish | rinovirus |
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 rhinovirus come from?
Borrowed from Translingual Rhinovirus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).