microorganism

See also: microörganism and micro-organism

English

Alternative forms

• micro-organism
• microörganism

Etymology

From micro- +‎ organism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm̩/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈɔːɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm̩/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

microorganism (plural microorganisms)

1. (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.

   The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.

Related terms

• microbe

Translations

an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye

• Arabic: مِيكْرُوب m (mikrūb)
• Armenian: միկրոօրգանիզմ (hy) (mikroōrganizm)
• Asturian: microorganismu m
• Bulgarian: микрооргани́зъм (bg) m (mikroorganízǎm)
• Catalan: microorganisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微生物 (zh) (wéishēngwù)

• Czech: mikroorganismus (cs) m
• Danish: mikroorganisme (da) c
• Esperanto: mikroorganismo
• Estonian: mikroorganism
• Faroese: smávera f
• Finnish: mikro-organismi (fi)
• French: microorganisme (fr) m
• Galician: microorganismo m
• Georgian: მიკროორგანიზმი (miḳroorganizmi)
• German: Mikroorganismus (de) m
• Greek: μικροοργανισμός (el) m (mikroorganismós)
• Hebrew: מיקרואורגניזם (he) m (mikro'organízm)
• Hindi: सूक्ष्मजीव (sūkṣmajīv)
• Hungarian: mikroorganizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: örvera f
• Ido: mikroorganismo (io), mikrobo (io)
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• Indonesian: mikroorganisme (id)
• Italian: microrganismo (it) m
• Japanese: 微生物 (ja) (びせいぶつ, biseibutsu)
• Korean: 미생물 (ko) (misaengmul) (微生物 (ko))
• Lao: ຈຸນລະຊີບ (lo) (chun la sīp)
• Maori: moroiti
• Navajo: chʼosh doo yitʼínii
• Occitan: microorganisme m
• Persian: میکرب (fa) (mikrob)
• Polish: mikroorganizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: micro-organismo (pt) m, microrganismo (pt) m
• Romanian: microorganism (ro) n
• Russian: микрооргани́зм (ru) m (mikroorganízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: mikroorganìzam (sh) m
• Spanish: microorganismo (es) m
• Swedish: mikroorganism (sv) c
• Tagalog: miktataghay
• Telugu: సూక్ష్మజీవి (te) (sūkṣmajīvi)
• Thai: จุลชีพ (jun lá chêep)
• Turkish: mikroorganizma (tr)
• Vietnamese: vi trùng, vi khuẩn (vi), vi sinh vật (微生物)
• West Frisian: mikro-organisme

See also

• macroorganism

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Romanian

Noun

microorganism n (plural microorganisme)

1. microorganism