commensalism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English commensal

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English commensalism

From commensal + -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmɛnsəˌlɪzm̩/
• Hyphenation: com‧men‧sal‧ism

Noun

commensalism (countable and uncountable, plural commensalisms)

1. (ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.
2. The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Derived terms

• commensalistic
• ectocommensalism
• endocommensalism

Translations

sharing of the same environment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 片利共生 (piànlì-gòngshēng), 偏利共生 (piānlì-gòngshēng)

• Finnish: pöytävierassuhde, kommensalismi (fi)
• German: Kommensalismus m
• Hindi: सहभोजिता f (sahbhojitā)
• Japanese: 片利共生 (henrikyōsei)
• Polish: komensalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: comensalismo (pt) m
• Spanish: comensalismo m