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1. (adj.) contagious
capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object:
contagious diseases.
2. contagious
carrying or spreading a contagious disease.
3. contagious
tending to spread from person to person:
contagious fear.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL)
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| Definition of 'contagious' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) contagious
easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
"a contagious grin"
2. (adj) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
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1. (adjective) contagious
(of a disease) able to be passed to others
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| Definition of 'contagious' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) contagious
communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease
2. (adj) contagious
conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air
3. (adj) contagious
spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others
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Sense: spreading from one person to another by physical contact
Is that skin disease contagious?
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 Afrikaans: aansteeklik, oordraagbaar |
 Arabic: مُعدِ، مُنْتَقِل بِالعَدو |
 Bulgarian: заразен |
 Brazilian: contagioso |
 Czech: nakažlivý |
 German: ansteckend |
 Danish: smitsom |
 Greek: μεταδοτικός |
 Spanish: contagioso |
 Estonian: nakkav |
 Farsi: مسری؛ واگیردار |
 Finnish: tarttuva |
 French: contagieux |
 Hebrew: מְדַבֵּק |
 Hindi: छूत से लगने वाला रोग |
 Croatian: zarazan |
 Hungarian: fertőző |
 Indonesian: menular |
 Icelandic: smitandi |
 Italian: contagioso |
 Japanese: 接触伝染性の |
 Korean: 전염성의 |
 Lithuanian: užkrečiamas |
 Latvian: lipīgs; infekcijas- |
 Malay: berjangkit |
 Dutch: besmettelijk |
 Norwegian: smittsom |
 Polish: zakaźny |
 Persian: مسری؛ واگیردار |
 Pashto: سارى |
 Portuguese: contagioso |
 Romanian: contagios |
 Russian: заразный |
 Slovak: nákazlivý |
 Slovenian: nalezljiv |
 Serbian: zarazan |
 Swedish: smittsam |
 Thai: ที่แพร่กระจายด้วยการสัมผั |
 Turkish: bulaşıcı |
 Taiwanese: 傳染性的 |
 Ukrainian: інфекційний, заразний |
 Urdu: متعدى, وبائى |
 Vietnamese: dễ lây |
 Chinese: 传染性的 |
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