Petri dish

See also: petri dish

English

Alternative forms

• petri dish
• petri (informal)

Etymology

Named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtɹi ˌdɪʃ/

• Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɹi ˌdɪʃ/

Noun

Petri dish (plural Petri dishes)

1. A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.

Translations

dish used to culture bacteria

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 培養皿／培养皿 (zh) (péiyǎngmǐn)

• Czech: Petriho miska f
• Danish: petriskål c
• Dutch: petrischaal (nl) m or f
• Finnish: elatusmalja, petrimalja (fi)
• French: boîte de Petri (fr) f
• German: Petrischale (de) f
• Hungarian: Petri-csésze (hu)
• Mongolian: Петрийн аяга (Petriin ajaga)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: petriskål m or f

  Nynorsk: petriskål f

• Portuguese: placa de Petri
• Russian: ча́шка Пе́три f (čáška Pétri)
• Spanish: placa de Petri f
• Swedish: petriskål (sv) c
• Tagalog: pinggang Petri

Further reading

• Petri dish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia