anaerob

German

Etymology

an- +‎ aerob

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌanʔaeˈʁoːp/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ae‧rob

Adjective

anaerob (strong nominative masculine singular anaerober, not comparable)

1. anaerobic

Declension

Positive forms of anaerob (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist anaerob	sie ist anaerob	es ist anaerob	sie sind anaerob
strong declension (without article)	nominative	anaerober	anaerobe	anaerobes	anaerobe
	genitive	anaeroben	anaerober	anaeroben	anaerober
	dative	anaerobem	anaerober	anaerobem	anaeroben
	accusative	anaeroben	anaerobe	anaerobes	anaerobe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der anaerobe	die anaerobe	das anaerobe	die anaeroben
	genitive	des anaeroben	der anaeroben	des anaeroben	der anaeroben
	dative	dem anaeroben	der anaeroben	dem anaeroben	den anaeroben
	accusative	den anaeroben	die anaerobe	das anaerobe	die anaeroben
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein anaerober	eine anaerobe	ein anaerobes	(keine) anaeroben
	genitive	eines anaeroben	einer anaeroben	eines anaeroben	(keiner) anaeroben
	dative	einem anaeroben	einer anaeroben	einem anaeroben	(keinen) anaeroben
	accusative	einen anaeroben	eine anaerobe	ein anaerobes	(keine) anaeroben

Further reading

• “anaerob” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From an- +‎ aerob.

Adjective

anaerob (masculine and feminine anaerob, neuter anaerobt, definite singular and plural anaerobe)

1. anaerobic

References

• “anaerob” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “anaerob” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From an- +‎ aerob.

Adjective

anaerob (neuter anaerobt, definite singular and plural anaerobe)

1. anaerobic

References

• “anaerob” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Alternative forms

• anaerobiont

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)lbor.

Polish a-

Polish an-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)der.

Polish aero-

Polish -b(iont)

Polish anaerob

From an- + aero- + -b(iont). First attested in 1887.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈɛ.rɔp/

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɔp
• Syllabification: a‧na‧e‧rob

Noun

anaerob m animal

1. (biology) anaerobe

   Synonyms: anoksybiont, beztlenowiec

Declension

Declension of anaerob

	singular	plural
nominative	anaerob	anaeroby
genitive	anaeroba	anaerobów
dative	anaerobowi	anaerobom
accusative	anaeroba	anaeroby
instrumental	anaerobem	anaerobami
locative	anaerobie	anaerobach
vocative	anaerobie	anaeroby

Derived terms

adjective

• anaerobowy

Related terms

adjective

• anaerobiotyczny

nouns

• anaerobiont
• anaerobioza

Further reading

• “anaerob”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anaeroby”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 33
• anaerob in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anaérobie. By surface analysis, an- +‎ aerob.

Adjective

anaerob m or n (feminine singular anaerobă, masculine plural anaerobi, feminine/neuter plural anaerobe)

1. anaerobic

Declension

Declension of anaerob

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	anaerob		anaerobă	anaerobi	anaerobe
	definite	anaerobul		anaeroba	anaerobii	anaerobele
genitive- dative	indefinite	anaerob		anaerobe	anaerobi	anaerobe
	definite	anaerobului		anaerobei	anaerobilor	anaerobelor

Swedish

Adjective

anaerob (not comparable)

1. anaerobic (not requiring oxygen)

   Antonym: aerob

Declension

Inflection of anaerob

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	anaerob	—	—
neuter singular	anaerobt	—	—
plural	anaeroba	—	—
masculine plural2	anaerobe	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	anaerobe	—	—
all	anaeroba	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

• aerobisk

References

• “anaerob”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “anaerob”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)