phylum

English

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Etymology

From Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phulon, “tribe, race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfaɪləm/

Noun

phylum (plural phyla or phylums)

1. (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank

   Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.

2. (linguistics) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.

Synonyms

• (group of languages): superstock

Translations

(biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class

• Azeri: tip (az)
• Catalan: fílum (ca) m
• Chinese: 門
• Czech: kmen (cs) m
• Danish: række (da) c
• Dutch: stam (nl)
• Esperanto: filumo (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: fylki (fo) n
• Finnish: pääjakso (fi)
• French: embranchement (fr) m
• German: Stamm (de) m
• Greek: φύλο (el) n (fýlo)
• Hungarian: törzs (hu)
• Icelandic: fylking (is) f

• Interlingua: phylo
• Khmer: សាខា (km) (sar khar)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: колено (mk) (kóleno) n
• Portuguese: filo (pt) m
• Russian: (zool.) тип (tip) m, (botany) отдел (ru) (otdél) m 
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: filo (es) m
• Swedish: stam (sv) c, fylum (sv) n
• Turkish: şube (tr), filum (tr)
• Ukrainian: (zool.) тип (uk) (typ) m , (botany) відділ (uk) (víddil) m 
• Vietnamese: ngành (vi)
• Welsh: ffylwm (cy)

Derived terms

• subphylum
• superphylum

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Latin

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Noun

phylum (genitive phylī); n, second declension

1. phylum

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	phylum	phyla
genitive	phylī	phylōrum
dative	phylō	phylīs
accusative	phylum	phyla
ablative	phylō	phylīs
vocative	phylum	phyla