fungus

English

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Etymology

From Latin fungus (“mushroom”). Compare Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spongos).

Picture dictionary

organism

mold mushroom

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəs

Noun

fungus (plural fungi or funguses)

1. Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

Usage notes

The plural form fungi comes directly from the Latin. See that entry for information about the several English pronunciations in use.

Synonyms

• mold, mushroom

Hyponyms

• ascomycete, basidiomycete, mushroom, toadstool, yeast

Derived terms

bracket fungus fungal fungicidal

fungicide fungoid jelly fungus

Related terms

• fungous

Translations

any member of the kingdom Fungi

Albanian: këpurdhë (sq) Alemannic: Pilz m. Arabic: فُطْر (ar) (fuTr) m. Egyptian Arabic: فطر (feṭr) m. Armenian: բորբոս (hy) (borbos) Azeri: göbələk (az) Bashkir: бәшмәктәр Bengali: ছত্রাক (bn) Bulgarian: гъба (bg) f. Catalan: fong (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 菌類 (zh), 菌类 (zh) (jūnlèi), 真菌 (zh) (zhēnjūn) Min Nan: ko͘ Chuvash: кăмпа Croatian: gljȉva (hr) f. Czech: houba (cs) f. Danish: svamp (da) c. Dutch: zwam (nl) m. Erzya: пангт Esperanto: fungo (eo) Estonian: seen (et) Faroese: soppur (fo) Finnish: sieni (fi) French: fongus (fr) m. Georgian: სოკო (ka) (soko) German: Pilz (de) m. Greek: μύκητας (el) m. (mýkitas) Hawaiian: kalina Hebrew: פטריות (he) (pitriyot) f. pl. Hindi: कुकुरमुत्ता (hi) (kukurmuttā), फफूंद (hi) (phaphūnd) Hungarian: gombaféle (hu), gomba (hu) Icelandic: sveppur (is) Irish: fungas (ga) Italian: fungo (it) Japanese: 菌類 (ja) (きんるい, kinrui), きのこ (ja) (kinoko) Korean: 균계 (ko) (gyun-gye)

Latin: fungus (la) Latvian: sēnes (lv) Lingala: liyɛbú Lithuanian: grybas (lt) Low Saxon: poggenstöhl Luxembourgish: Pilzeräich (lb) Macedonian: габа (mk) f. Malay: kulat (ms) Manx: fungys (gv) Maori: harore (mi) Nahuatl: nanacatl (nah) Northern Sami: guobbarat Norwegian: sopp (no) Occitan: mycota (oc) Persian: قارچ (fa) (qârč) Polish: grzyb (pl) m. Portuguese: fungo (pt) m. Quechua: k'allampa (qu) Romanian: ciupercă (ro) f. Russian: гриб (ru) (grib) m., грибок (ru) (gribók) m. Samogitian: kremblē Sardinian: cordolinu Spanish: hongo (es) m. Swedish: svamp (sv) Tagalog: halamang-singaw (tl) Tamil: பூஞ்சைகள் (ta) Telugu: శిలీంధ్రం (te) Thai: เห็ดรา (th) (hèt-raa) Tongan: talingelinga Turkish: mantar (tr) Vietnamese: nấm (vi) Volapük: funig (vo) Walloon: tchampion (wa) Welsh: ffwng (cy) Yiddish: פאנגוס (yi) (fungus)

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Latin

fungus (a mushroom)

Etymology

Originally sfungus. Compare Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spongos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈfuŋ.ɡus/

Noun

fungus (genitive fungī); m, second declension

1. a mushroom
2. a fungal growth or infection
3. a candle-snuff
4. (figuratively) dolt, idiot

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fungus	fungī
genitive	fungī	fungōrum
dative	fungō	fungīs
accusative	fungum	fungōs
ablative	fungō	fungīs
vocative	funge	fungī

Derived terms

• fungīnus
• fungōsus
• fungulus

Related terms

• fungidus

Descendants

Catalan: fong English: fungus French: fongus Galician: fungo

Italian: fungo Portuguese: fungo Spanish: hongo