vaccine

B2 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /vækˈsin/ See IPA manual

Freq #9414

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noun
A substance given to people or animals to protect them from a particular disease.

Scientists developed a vaccine to fight the new virus.

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Forms vaccines

Derived forms anti-vaccineantivaccineantivaxantivaxxerautovaccineimmunovaccinemonovaccinenanovaccineoncovaccinepolyvaccinepost-vaccinepostvaccine

Related forms jab shotunvaccinatedvaccinatevaccinatedvaccinationvacciniavaccinifervacciniola

Etymology

The noun is probably partly: * derived from vaccine (adjective) (see etymology 1); and * borrowed from French vaccine (“cowpox (short for variole vaccine); vaccination against smallpox using material from cowpox”), vaccin (“cowpox material used for smallpox vaccination”), both noun uses of vaccin (adjective), from Latin vaccīnus (see etymology 1). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian vaccina * Portuguese vacina * Spanish vacuna

vaccine French vaccīnus Latin

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# vaccine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /vækˈsin/
**Frequency rank:** 9414

## Meanings
1. A substance given to people or animals to protect them from a particular disease.

## Examples
- Scientists developed a vaccine to fight the new virus.

## Derived Forms
- anti-vaccine
- antivaccine
- antivax
- antivaxxer
- autovaccine
- immunovaccine
- monovaccine
- nanovaccine
- oncovaccine
- polyvaccine
- post-vaccine
- postvaccine

## Related Forms
- jab
- shot
- unvaccinated
- vaccinate
- vaccinated
- vaccination
- vaccinia
- vaccinifer
- vacciniola

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: vaccine
- Root: vaccīnus

## Etymology
The noun is probably partly: * derived from vaccine (adjective) (see etymology 1); and * borrowed from French vaccine (“cowpox (short for variole vaccine); vaccination against smallpox using material from cowpox”), vaccin (“cowpox material used for smallpox vaccination”), both noun uses of vaccin (adjective), from Latin vaccīnus (see etymology 1). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian vaccina * Portuguese vacina * Spanish vacuna

## AI Etymology
Vaccine's noun is probably partly:; derived from vaccine (adjective); and; borrowed from French vaccine (“cowpox (short for variole vaccine); vaccination against smallpox using material from cowpox”), vaccin (“cowpox material used for smallpox vaccination”), both noun uses of vaccin (adjective), from Latin vaccīnus. The verb is derived from the noun.; Italian vaccina; Portuguese vacina; Spanish vacuna In present-day use, it can mean a substance given to people or animals to protect them from a particular disease. Derived formations include anti-vaccine, antivaccine, antivax, antivaxxer, autovaccine, immunovaccine, monovaccine, nanovaccine.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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