How to Say "Antivirus" in French

antivirus

masculine

The French word for antivirus is antivirus.

This term refers to computing software.

Meaning: computing software (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The noun is masculine, so it is used with the masculine article un as in un antivirus.

Because it ends in 's' in its singular form, antivirus looks identical in both the singular and plural forms.
The word virus in French is used both for biological infections and computing bugs, just as in English, but it is more common to refer to a 'computer virus' as un virus informatique to avoid ambiguity.
The term is a direct 'calque' from English, meaning it was borrowed structurally rather than being a native French construction.

As-tu installé un logiciel antivirus ?
Have you installed any antivirus software?
This sentence shows how to ask if someone has installed an antivirus.
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L'antivirus doit être installé sur tous les ordinateurs de l'entreprise.
The antivirus must be installed on all company computers
Est-ce que tu as un bon logiciel antivirus sur ton ordinateur ?
Do you have good antivirus software on your computer?
Mon ordinateur est infecté. Je vais utiliser un logiciel de désinfection performant pour éliminer les virus.
My computer is infected. I'll use an effective disinfection software to remove the viruses.
Mon antivirus bloque ce fichier.
My antivirus is blocking this file.
Il faut mettre à jour l'antivirus.
The antivirus must be updated.

Lucas and Léa are looking at a slow computer.

Lucas

L'ordinateur est très lent aujourd'hui.
The computer is very slow today.
Léa

Est-ce que ton antivirus fonctionne ?
Is your antivirus working?
Lucas

Je ne pense pas, il y a un problème.
I don't think so, there is a problem.
Léa

Laisse-moi regarder ton antivirus.
Let me look at your antivirus.

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