archaeon

English

Noun

archaeon (plural archaeons or archaea)

1. A microorganism, physically resembling a bacterium, of the kingdom Archaea.

Synonyms

• archaebacterium

Translations

microorganism

• Arabic: بكتيريا قديمة
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 古菌 (gu²kwan²)

  Mandarin: 古菌 (gǔjùn)

• Finnish: arkki (fi), arkkieliö (fi)
• French: archée (fr) f
• German: Archaeon (de) n, Archaeen (de) pl or n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa)

• Icelandic: fornbaktería f
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• Italian: archei
• Japanese: 古細菌 (ja) (kosaikin)
• Korean: 고세균 (gosegyun, 古細菌)
• Latin: archaeon n
• Portuguese: arqueobactéria f, arquea f
• Quechua: ñawpa añaki
• Russian: архея (ru) (arxeja)
• Spanish: arquea (es) f
• 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