bacillus

See also: Bacillus

English

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin bacillus (“little staff, wand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæˈsɪl.əs/

Noun

bacillus (plural bacilli)

1. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.

Translations

any bacteria in the genus Bacillus

• Albanian: bacil (sq)
• Basque: bazilo
• Belarusian: бацыла f (bacýla)
• Bulgarian: бацил (bg) m (bacíl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桿菌, 杆菌 (zh) (gǎnjūn), 芽孢桿菌, 芽孢杆菌 (yábāo gǎnjùn)

• Czech: bacil m
• Estonian: batsill
• Finnish: basilli (fi)
• French: bacille (fr) m
• German: Bazillus (de) m
• Greek: βάκιλλος m (vákillos)
• Hindi: बैसिलस (baisilas)
• Hungarian: bacilus (hu)

• Icelandic: staflaga baktería f, baktería (is) f
• Japanese: 桿菌 (かんきん, kankin), バシラス (bashirasu), バチルス (bachirusu)
• Korean: 간균 (gangyun), 杆菌
• Polish: laseczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bacilo (pt) m
• Russian: бацилла (ru) f (bacílla)
• Slovak: bacil m
• Spanish: bacilo (es) m
• Swedish: bacill (sv) c
• Ukrainian: бацила (uk) f (bacýla)
• Vietnamese: trực khuẩn (vi)
• Volapük: bazil

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of baculus (“staff, walking stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /baˈkil.lus/, [baˈkiɫlus]

Noun

bacillus m (genitive bacillī); second declension

1. Alternative form of bacillum.

Inflection

Second declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	bacillus	bacillī
genitive	bacillī	bacillōrum
dative	bacillō	bacillīs
accusative	bacillum	bacillōs
ablative	bacillō	bacillīs
vocative	bacille	bacillī

Descendants

• Russian: баци́лла f (bacílla)