amoeba

See also Amoeba

English

Wikipedia

An amoeba.

Alternative forms

• ameba, amœba

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibē, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈmiːbə/

Noun

amoeba (plural amoebae or amoebas)

1. (biology) A genus of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
2. (mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.

Translations

a genus of unicellular protozoa

• Arabic: أميبا (ar) (ʾamība) f
• Armenian: ամեոբա (hy) (ameoba)
• Belarusian: амёба (be) (amjóba) f
• Bulgarian: амеба (bg) (améba) f
• Catalan: ameba (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變形蟲 (cmn), 变形虫 (cmn) (biànxíng chóng), 阿米巴 (cmn) (āmǐbā)

• Czech: améba (cs) f
• Danish: amøbe (da) c
• Dutch: amoebe (nl) f
• Esperanto: amebo (eo)
• Estonian: amööb (et)
• Finnish: amebat (fi)
• French: amibe (fr) f
• Georgian: ამება (ka) (amebi)
• German: Amöbe (de) f
• Greek: αμοιβάδα (el) (amoiváda) f
• Hebrew: אמבה (he) f
• Hindi: अमीबा (hi) (amībā)
• Hungarian: amőba (hu)
• Icelandic: amaba (is) f, amba (is) f
• Italian: amoeba (it) f

• Japanese: アメーバ (ja) (amēba)
• Korean: 아메바 (ko) (ameba)
• Lithuanian: amebos (lt)
• Macedonian: амеба (mk) (améba) f
• Norwegian: amøbe (no)
• Persian: امیب (fa) (amib)
• Polish: ameba (pl) f
• Portuguese: ameba (pt) f
• Romanian: amibă (ro) f
• Russian: амёба (ru) (amjóba) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аме́ба (sh) f

  Roman: améba (sh) f

• Slovak: améba (sk) f
• Slovene: ameba (sl) f
• Spanish: ameba (es) f
• Swedish: amöba (sv) c
• Thai: อะมีบา (th) (àmeebaa)
• Turkish: amip (tr)
• Ukrainian: амеба (uk) (améba) f
• Vietnamese: amip (vi)

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Latin

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Noun

amoeba (genitive amoebae); f, first declension

1. amoeba

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	amoeba	amoebae
genitive	amoebae	amoebārum
dative	amoebae	amoebīs
accusative	amoebam	amoebās
ablative	amoebā	amoebīs
vocative	amoeba	amoebae