archaeon

English

Etymology

Scientific Latin, corresponding to a singular form of Archaea.

Noun

archaeon (plural archaeons or archaea)

1. prokaryotic organism; member of the domain Archaea [from 20th c.]
   • 2020, Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, 15 January:

     Then, the theory goes, a rogue archaeon gobbled up a bacterium to create an entirely new type of cell that would go on to form the basis of all complex life on Earth, from plants to humans.

Synonyms

• archaebacterium (obsolete)

Translations

microorganism

• Arabic: بَكْتِيرْيَا قَدِيمَة (baktīryā qadīma)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 古菌 (gu²kwan²)

  Mandarin: 古菌 (gǔjùn)

• Esperanto: arĥeo, arkeo
• Finnish: arkki (fi), arkkieliö (fi)
• French: archée (fr) f
• German: Archaeon (de) n, Archaeen (de) pl or n
• Icelandic: fornbaktería f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: archei
• Japanese: 古細菌 (ja) (kosaikin)
• Korean: 고세균(古細菌) (gosegyun)
• Latin: archaeon n
• Portuguese: arqueobactéria f, arquea f
• Quechua: ñawpa añaki
• Russian: архея (ru) (arxeja)
• Spanish: arquea (es) f
• Swedish: arké (sv) c
• Vietnamese: cổ khuẩn, vi khuẩn cổ

See also

• extremophile

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰae̯.on/, [ärˈkʰäe̯ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈke.on/, [ärˈkɛːon]

Noun

archaeon n (genitive archaeī); second declension

1. archaeon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	archaeon	archaea
Genitive	archaeī	archaeōrum
Dative	archaeō	archaeīs
Accusative	archaeon	archaea
Ablative	archaeō	archaeīs
Vocative	archaeon	archaea