"archaea" meaning in All languages combined

See archaea on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɑːˈkiːə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑrˈkiə/ [General-American], /ɑrˈkeɪə/ [General-American]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} archaea
  1. plural of archaeon Tags: form-of, plural Form of: archaeon

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: [arˈkʰae̯.a] [Classical-Latin], [arˈkɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [arˈkʰae̯.aː] [Classical-Latin], [arˈkɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form}} archaea
  1. inflection of archaeus:
    nominative/vocative feminine singular
    Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: archaeus
    Sense id: en-archaea-la-adj-S2WpjiS7
  2. inflection of archaeus:
    nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
    Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: archaeus
    Sense id: en-archaea-la-adj-VPPqYRwj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: [arˈkʰae̯.a] [Classical-Latin], [arˈkɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [arˈkʰae̯.aː] [Classical-Latin], [arˈkɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: archaeā [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=archaeā}} archaeā
  1. ablative feminine singular of archaeus Tags: ablative, feminine, form-of, singular Form of: archaeus
    Sense id: en-archaea-la-adj-KRU1tY9p Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 40 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 29 37 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 38 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [arˈkʰae̯.a] [Classical-Latin], [arˈkɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form}} archaea
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of archaeon Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: archaeon
    Sense id: en-archaea-la-noun-cSdtfp8Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /arˈχeɨ̯a/ [North-Wales], /arˈχei̯a/ [South-Wales] Forms: archaeon [masculine, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], archaea [error-unrecognized-form], harchaea [prothesis-h]
Etymology: Borrowed from English archaea, from New Latin archaea, plural of archaeon, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa, “ancient”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|cy|en|archaea}} Borrowed from English archaea, {{der|cy|la-new|archaea}} New Latin archaea, {{der|cy|grc|ἀρχαῖα||ancient}} Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa, “ancient”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m-p|archaeon}} archaea (plural, singular archaeon m) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. archaea Tags: plural Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms Hyponyms: procaryot (english: prokaryote)
    Sense id: en-archaea-cy-noun-oy33qcFE Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Microbiology

Alternative forms

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        "Welsh nouns",
        "Welsh plural-basic nouns",
        "Welsh terms borrowed from English",
        "Welsh terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Welsh terms derived from English",
        "Welsh terms derived from New Latin",
        "cy:Lifeforms",
        "cy:Microbiology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "archaea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "archaea",
          "archaea#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈχeɨ̯a/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈχei̯a/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "archaea"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: archaea/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "archaea"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "archaea",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: archaea/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "archaea"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "archaea",
  "trace": ""
}

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