bacteria
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bakˈtɪəriə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Etymology 1 Edit
Irregular plural of bacterium from New Latin bactēria.
Noun Edit
bacteria
Noun Edit
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 Edit
- 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 Edit
Translations Edit
bacterium — see bacterium
See also Edit
- culture (collective noun)
Etymology 2 Edit
From New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”).
Noun Edit
bacteria (plural bacteriae)
- (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
Anagrams Edit
Galician Edit
Noun Edit
bacteria f (plural bacterias)
Latin Edit
Noun Edit
bactēria
Spanish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from New Latin bacteria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
bacteria f (plural bacterias)
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “bacteria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh Edit
Etymology Edit
From New Latin bactēria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
bacteria m pl (singulative bacteriwm)
Mutation Edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bacteria | facteria | macteria | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |