antibiotikum

See also: Antibiotikum

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈantɪbɪjotɪkum]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

antibiotikum n

1. (pharmacology) an antibiotic

Declension

Declension of antibiotikum (velar neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	antibiotikum	antibiotika
genitive	antibiotika	antibiotik
dative	antibiotiku	antibiotikům
accusative	antibiotikum	antibiotika
vocative	antibiotikum	antibiotika
locative	antibiotiku	antibiotikách
instrumental	antibiotikem	antibiotiky

Further reading

• “antibiotikum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “antibiotikum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós).

Noun

antibiotikum n (singular definite antibiotikummet, plural indefinite antibiotika)

1. (pharmacology) An antibiotic.

Inflection

Declension of antibiotikum

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	antibiotikum	antibiotikummet	antibiotika	antibiotikaene
genitive	antibiotikums	antibiotikummets	antibiotikas	antibiotikaenes

References

• “antibiotikum” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin antibioticum, from Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “concerning or relating to life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒntibijotikum]
• Rhymes: -um
• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧bi‧o‧ti‧kum

Noun

antibiotikum (plural antibiotikumok)

1. (pharmacology) antibiotic (any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	antibiotikum	antibiotikumok
accusative	antibiotikumot	antibiotikumokat
dative	antibiotikumnak	antibiotikumoknak
instrumental	antibiotikummal	antibiotikumokkal
causal-final	antibiotikumért	antibiotikumokért
translative	antibiotikummá	antibiotikumokká
terminative	antibiotikumig	antibiotikumokig
essive-formal	antibiotikumként	antibiotikumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	antibiotikumban	antibiotikumokban
superessive	antibiotikumon	antibiotikumokon
adessive	antibiotikumnál	antibiotikumoknál
illative	antibiotikumba	antibiotikumokba
sublative	antibiotikumra	antibiotikumokra
allative	antibiotikumhoz	antibiotikumokhoz
elative	antibiotikumból	antibiotikumokból
delative	antibiotikumról	antibiotikumokról
ablative	antibiotikumtól	antibiotikumoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	antibiotikumé	antibiotikumoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	antibiotikuméi	antibiotikumokéi

Possessive forms of antibiotikum

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	antibiotikumom	antibiotikumaim
2nd person sing.	antibiotikumod	antibiotikumaid
3rd person sing.	antibiotikuma	antibiotikumai
1st person plural	antibiotikumunk	antibiotikumaink
2nd person plural	antibiotikumotok	antibiotikumaitok
3rd person plural	antibiotikumuk	antibiotikumaik

Further reading

• antibiotikum in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From anti- +‎ Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós).

Noun

antibiotikum n (definite singular antibiotikumet, indefinite plural antibiotika, definite plural antibiotikaene)

1. (pharmacology) an antibiotic

References

• “antibiotikum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antiˈbiuːtikʉm/

Noun

antibiotikum n (definite singular antibiotikumet, indefinite plural antibiotikum or antibiotika, definite plural antibiotikuma or antibiotikaa)

1. (pharmacology) An antibiotic.

References

• “antibiotikum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, anti- +‎ Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós) + -um.

Noun

antibiotikum n

1. (pharmacology) an antibiotic

   Doxycyklin är ett antibiotikum.

   Doxycycline is an antibiotic.

Declension

Declension of antibiotikum

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	antibiotikum	antibiotikums
	definite	antibiotikumet	antibiotikumets
plural	indefinite	antibiotikum, antibiotika	antibiotikums, antibiotikas
	definite	antibiotikumen, antibiotika	antibiotikumens, antibiotikas

Related terms

• antibiotisk

See also

• antibiotika

References

• “antibiotikum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH