bacteria
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin bacteria, plural of bacterium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion), neuter diminutive of βακτηρία (baktēría, “rod, stick”) (cognate with English peg).
Noun
bacteria
bacteria (plural bacterias)
- (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
- (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
- (derogatory, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
Usage notes
- This is the plural form of the word. While it is often used as if it were singular (as a collective noun), this is considered nonstandard by some in the US and more elsewhere. See the usage examples under bacterium.
Derived terms
Translations
see also under bacterium
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See also
- culture (collective noun)
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin bacteria, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría, “rod, stick”).
Noun
bacteria (plural bacteriae)
- (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
bacteria f (plural bacterias)
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) bactēria
Spanish
Etymology
From New Latin bacteria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion).
Noun
bacteria f (plural bacterias)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bacteria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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