bacteria
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bakˈtɪəriə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Etymology 1
Irregular plural of bacterium from New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion), little rod.
Noun
bacteria
Noun
bacteria (plural bacterias)
- (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
- (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
- (derogatory, slang) Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
Usage notes
- This is the plural form of the word. While it is often used as if it were singular (as a collective noun), this is considered nonstandard by some in the US and more elsewhere. See the usage examples under bacterium.
Derived terms
- archaebacteria / archebacteria
- Archaebacteria / Archebacteria
- Bacteria
- bacterialess
- bacterin
- bacteriosis
- bacteriuria
- bacterivore
- bacterize
- Eubacteria
- eubacteria
- green non-sulfur bacteria (Chloroflexi)
- green sulfur bacteria (Chlorobiaceae)
- pseudobacteria
- purple bacteria (Pseudomonadota(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- spherobacteria
Translations
bacterium — see bacterium
See also
- culture (collective noun)
Etymology 2
From New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”).
Noun
bacteria (plural bacteriae)
- (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
bacteria f (plural bacterias)
Latin
Noun
bactēria
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin bacteria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion), little rod.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɡˈteɾja/ [baɣ̞ˈt̪e.ɾja]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾja
- Syllabification: bac‧te‧ria
Noun
bacteria f (plural bacterias)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bacteria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
Etymology
From New Latin bactēria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion).
Pronunciation
Noun
bacteria m (collective, singulative bacteriwm)
Mutation
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