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viral

viral

adjective vee-RAL Rare

Usage Note

Viral follows standard French adjective agreement: feminine virale, plural viraux/virales. It covers both medical use (une infection virale) and the modern digital sense of content spreading rapidly online, making it a useful false-cognate-free borrowing from English.

Examples

"Cette vidéo est devenue virale en quelques heures."

Natural Translation

This video went viral in a few hours.

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