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vaccino

vaccine (adjective: relating to vaccination)

adjective noun vahk-CHEE-noh Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: From Latin vaccinus 'of cows', coined by Jenner from vacca 'cow'.

Also means

vaccine (noun)

Usage Note

Vaccino is most commonly used as a masculine noun ('vaccine'): il vaccino antinfluenzale ('the flu vaccine'). As an adjective it means 'relating to vaccination' (siero vaccino) but this use is rare. The seed marks it as adjective, but vaccino functions primarily as a noun in modern Italian. The plural is vaccini.

Examples

"Il vaccino ha protetto milioni di persone dalla malattia."

Natural Translation

The vaccine protected millions of people from the disease.

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