fungal

English

Etymology

From fungus + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋɡəl/

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Adjective

fungal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

   Synonyms: fungous, mycotic

   Antonyms: nonfungal, nonmycotic

   Coordinate terms: fungoid; fungusy, mushroomy, mushroomoid, mushroomlike, fungiform; antifungal, antimycotic

   Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.

Derived terms

• endofungal
• fungally (adverb)
• -fungin
• interfungal
• macrofungal
• microfungal
• monofungal
• nonfungal
• panfungal
• perifungal
• polyfungal

Translations

of or pertaining to a fungus

• Armenian: սնկային (hy) (snkayin)
• Bulgarian: гъбест (găbest), гъбовиден (găboviden)
• Catalan: fúngic
• Czech: houbový (cs), mykotický
• Esperanto: funga
• Finnish: sieniperäinen (caused by fungi); sienimäinen (resembling fungi); sieni- (fi)
• French: fongique (fr), champignonneux (fr)
• Galician: fúnxico
• Georgian: სოკოვანი (soḳovani)
• Irish: fungasach
• Italian: fungino (it)
• Polish: grzybowy (pl)
• Portuguese: fúngico (pt)
• Russian: грибко́вый (ru) (gribkóvyj)
• Spanish: fúngico
• Turkish: mantarsal, mantarsı (tr), mantarımsı

Noun

fungal (plural fungals)

1. (archaic) A fungus.
   • 1847, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom: Second Edition, with Corrections, page 30:

     Fungals are distinguished from Lichens by their more fugitive nature, their more succulent texture, their want of a thallus or expansion independent of the part that bears the reproductive matter, […]

   • 1856, John Lindley, Medical and Oeconomical Botany: With Numerous Illustrations, page 9:

     Fungals are, however, among the more useful friends of man as food, and among his most dangerous enemies as parasites, destroying the sources of his food.

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