contagious
adjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //kənˈteɪ.d͡ʒəs//
Easily transmitted to others.
adjectif
- 1
Easily transmitted to others.
Last year's flu strain was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
- 2
figuréEasily passed on to others.
contagious enthusiasm; infectious laughter
Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
The taverns of our ancestors would ill bear contrasting with the clubs of to-day; but many a gay midnight was past in the former:—midnights, whose mirth has descended even to us; half the jests, whose gaiety is still contagious; half the epigrams, whose point is yet felt, were born of those brief and brilliant hours.
Cause love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is alright
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Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.
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Contiguous.
In Agypt's land contaygious to the Nile / Old Pharao's daughter went to bathe in style,
Étymologie
From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.
Formes
- comparatif
- more contagious
- superlatif
- most contagious
contagious · Easily transmitted to others.
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