ameba
English
editPronunciation
editNoun
editameba (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.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editFinnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from New Latin amēba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editameba
Declension
editInflection 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 amebain rare | |
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. |
Derived terms
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch amoebe, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaméba (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.
Alternative forms
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom Latin amoeba (“change, alternation, transformation”), from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editameba f (plural amebe)
- (biology) amoeba
- (colloquial, derogatory) an unintelligent or spineless person
Derived terms
editPolish
editEtymology
editInternationalism; 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]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editameba 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
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ameba”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ ameba in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Noun
editameba f (plural amebas)
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaméba f (Cyrillic spelling аме́ба)
Declension
editSpanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editameba f (plural amebas)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ameba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmɛba/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmeːba/, /aˈmɛba/
Noun
editameba m (plural amebas or amebâu)
Mutation
editWelsh 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. |
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