ameba
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ameba (plural amebas or amebae)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba
Usage notes edit
- Amoeba is the more widespread spelling of this word in the US.
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Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin amēba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).
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ameba
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Inflection of ameba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ameba | amebat | ||
genitive | ameban | amebojen | ||
partitive | amebaa | ameboja | ||
illative | amebaan | ameboihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ameba | amebat | ||
accusative | nom. | ameba | amebat | |
gen. | ameban | |||
genitive | ameban | amebojen amebainrare | ||
partitive | amebaa | ameboja | ||
inessive | amebassa | ameboissa | ||
elative | amebasta | ameboista | ||
illative | amebaan | ameboihin | ||
adessive | ameballa | ameboilla | ||
ablative | amebalta | ameboilta | ||
allative | ameballe | ameboille | ||
essive | amebana | ameboina | ||
translative | amebaksi | ameboiksi | ||
abessive | amebatta | ameboitta | ||
instructive | — | ameboin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “ameba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch amoebe, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
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Noun edit
améba (first-person possessive amebaku, second-person possessive amebamu, third-person possessive amebanya)
- amoeba, ameba: a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
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Further reading edit
- “ameba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin amoeba (“change, alternation, transformation”), from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
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ameba f (plural amebe)
- (biology) amoeba
- (colloquial, derogatory) an unintelligent or spineless person
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amöbe or English amoeba, ultimately from New Latin amoeba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”).[1] First attested in the 19th century.[2]
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ameba f
- amoeba (member of the genus Amoeba)
- Synonym: pełzak
- maleńka ameba ― tiny amoeba
- zakażenie amebą ― infected by an amoeba
- (more generally) amoeba, amoeboid (unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape)
- Synonym: pełzak
- (colloquial, derogatory) amoeba (unintelligent or spineless person)
- kosmopolityczna ameba ― cosmopolitan amoeba
- ameba społeczna ― social amoeba
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References edit
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ameba”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ ameba in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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Portuguese edit
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ameba f (plural amebas)
Serbo-Croatian edit
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améba f (Cyrillic spelling аме́ба)
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ameba f (plural amebas)
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Further reading edit
- “ameba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh edit
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- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmɛba/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmeːba/, /aˈmɛba/
Noun edit
ameba m (plural amebas or amebâu)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ameba | unchanged | unchanged | hameba |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |