How do you say “influenza” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "influenza" in Vietnamese?

"Influenza" in Vietnamese is cúm (influenza), cảm (cold).

“Influenza” in Vietnamese is cúm (influenza), cảm (cold).

Vietnamese words for “influenza”

cúmnoun
Hanoi [kum˧˦] · Saigon [kʊm˦˥]cúm rising
influenza; flu
for “influenza” meaning: An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
- Tom bị cảm cúm.Tom has influenza.
cảmnoun
Hanoi [kaːm˧˩] · Saigon [kaːm˨˩˦]cảm dipping
cold; flu; influenza

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.