malware

See also: Malware

English

Etymology

Blend of malicious + software or from mal- + -ware.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæl.weə(ɹ)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware (usually uncountable, plural malwares)

  1. (computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
    Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:malware
    • 2020 October 19, “U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks”, in New York Times:
      In a follow-up attack that hit Kyiv’s power grid a year later, the suspects used a second piece of malware, called Industroyer, to cut power for an hour, the indictment said. The malware, according to experts, posed one of the greatest digital threats to critical infrastructure since Stuxnet, the computer attack by the United States and Israel that took out Iran’s uranium centrifuges in 2009.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m

  1. (computing) malware
    Synonym: škodlivý software

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware (singular definite ?, plural indefinite malware)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: skadelig software

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑl.ʋɛːr/ (usually pronounced in a way approximating the English)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

  1. malware

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.lwɛʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonyms: maliciel, logiciel malveillant, (rare) logiciel nuisible, (rare) pourriciel

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software dannoso

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛ(ʁ)/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛ(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛ(ɾ)/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛ(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛ(ʁ)/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛ(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈwɛ(ɻ)/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛ(ɻ)]

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computer security) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Noun

malware n (plural (rare) malware-uri)

  1. (computing) malware
    Synonyms: software rău intenționat, (rare) software dăunător

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalweɾ/ [ˈma.lweɾ]
  • Rhymes: -alweɾ

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

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Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

Noun

malware

  1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

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