វេត្រាណូ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit वेत्र (vetra, “cane, stick”) + Pali aṇū (“molecule, atom, particule”), literally "rod-shaped particule" (see similar etymologies for English bacteria, bacillus).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	វេត្រាណូ vet̥rāṇū
WT romanisation	veitraanou
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ʋei.traː.nou/

Noun

វេត្រាណូ • (veitraanou)

bacteria

Synonyms

បាក់តេរី (bakteerii)