bacterie

See also: bactérie

Dutch

Etymology

Dutchification of older bacterium, from New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”), from βακτηρία (baktēría).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑkˈteː.ri/

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• Hyphenation: bac‧te‧rie
• Rhymes: -eːri

Noun

bacterie f (plural bacteriën, diminutive bacterietje n)

1. bacterium, any member of the domain Bacteria

Derived terms

• bacterieel
• bacterievuur

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: baktéri (dialectal)

Romanian

bacterie

Etymology

Borrowed from French bactérie, from New Latin bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”), from βακτηρία (baktēría) + -ium.

Noun

bacterie f (plural bacterii)

1. bacterium (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles)

Declension

Declension of bacterie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) bacterie	bacteria	(niște) bacterii	bacteriile
genitive/dative	(unei) bacterii	bacteriei	(unor) bacterii	bacteriilor
vocative	bacterie, bacterio		bacteriilor

Related terms

• bacterial
• bacterian
• bactericid
• bacteriofag
• bacteriolog
• bacteriologie
• bacteriostatic