bacteriologist

English

Etymology

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Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.

New Latin bactērium

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English bacterio-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.

Latin -logialbor.

French -logiebor.

English -logy

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English -logist

English bacteriologist

From bacterio- + -logist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bækˌtɪəɹiˈɒlədʒɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bacteriologist (plural bacteriologists)

1. A microbiologist whose speciality is bacteriology.
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus:

     'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera – the cholera germ.'

Derived terms

• cyanobacteriologist
• enterobacteriologist
• mycobacteriologist
• phytobacteriologist

Related terms

• bacteria
• bacteriology

Translations

microbiologist

• Armenian: մանրէաբան (hy) (manrēaban)
• Bulgarian: бактериоло́г m (bakteriológ)
• Catalan: bacteriòleg m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 細菌學家 / 细菌学家 (xìjùnxuéjiā)

• Czech: bakteriolog m
• Danish: bakteriolog c
• Dutch: bacterioloog (nl) m, bacteriologe (nl) f
• Finnish: bakteriologi (fi)
• French: bactériologiste (fr) m or f
• German: Bakteriologe (de) m, Bakteriologin (de) f
• Greek: βακτηριολόγος (el) m or f (vaktiriológos)
• Hungarian: bakteriológus (hu)
• Irish: baictéareolaí m
• Japanese: 細菌学者 (ja) (さいきんがくしゃ, saikingakusha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bakteriolog m

  Nynorsk: bakteriolog (nn) m

• Polish: bakteriolog (pl) m or f
• Portuguese: bacteriologista (pt) m or f
• Russian: бактерио́лог (ru) m (bakteriólog)
• Slovak: bakteriológ (sk) m, bakteriologička (sk) f
• Spanish: bacteriólogo m or f