"bacteria" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ [General-American], /bakˈtɪəriə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bacteria.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə Etymology: Irregular plural of bacterium from New Latin bactēria. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bacterium}} bacterium, {{bor|en|NL.|bactēria}} New Latin bactēria Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} bacteria
  1. plural of bacterium Tags: form-of, plural Form of: bacterium
    Sense id: en-bacteria-en-noun-pcfLI6tq Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ [General-American], /bakˈtɪəriə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bacteria.ogg [US] Forms: bacterias [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə Etymology: Irregular plural of bacterium from New Latin bactēria. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bacterium}} bacterium, {{bor|en|NL.|bactēria}} New Latin bactēria Head templates: {{en-noun}} bacteria (plural bacterias)
  1. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium. Tags: US Categories (topical): Nature
    Sense id: en-bacteria-en-noun-o34DXwYP Disambiguation of Nature: 13 41 16 18 12 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 42 24 13 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 62 14 7 14
  2. (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, proscribed Alternative form of: bacterium
    Sense id: en-bacteria-en-noun-e7s2i-Jg Categories (other): American English
  3. (derogatory, slang) Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular). Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-bacteria-en-noun-YWbT8R0D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: culture [collective, noun]

Noun [English]

IPA: /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ [General-American], /bakˈtɪəriə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bacteria.ogg [US] Forms: bacteriae [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə Etymology: From New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|bactēria|}} New Latin bactēria, {{der|en|grc|βακτηρίᾱ||rod, stick}} Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”) Head templates: {{en-noun|bacteriae}} bacteria (plural bacteriae)
  1. (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-bacteria-en-noun-Beh7b9Xc Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Galician]

Forms: bacterias [plural]
Head templates: {{gl-noun|f}} bacteria f (plural bacterias)
  1. bacterium Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bacteria-gl-noun--ufQfIVH Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Latin]

Forms: bactēria [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=bactēria}} bactēria
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bactērium Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: bactērium
    Sense id: en-bacteria-la-noun-g5HqFtmK Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /baɡˈteɾja/, [baɣ̞ˈt̪e.ɾja] Forms: bacterias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɾja Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin bacteria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|NL.|bacteria|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} New Latin bacteria, {{bor+|es|NL.|bacteria}} Borrowed from New Latin bacteria, {{m|la|bactērium}} bactērium, {{der|es|grc|βακτήριον}} Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} bacteria f (plural bacterias)
  1. bacterium Tags: feminine Derived forms: antibacteria, bacterial, bacteriano
    Sense id: en-bacteria-es-noun--ufQfIVH Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /bakˈtɛrja/ Forms: bacteriwm [singulative], no-table-tags [table-tags], bacteria [mutation, mutation-radical], facteria [mutation, mutation-soft], macteria [mutation, mutation-nasal]
Rhymes: -ɛrja Etymology: From New Latin bactēria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion). Etymology templates: {{bor|cy|NL.|bactēria}} New Latin bactēria, {{m|la|bactērium}} bactērium, {{der|cy|grc|βακτήριον}} Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m-p|bacteriwm}} bacteria m (collective, singulative bacteriwm) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. bacteria Tags: collective, masculine Categories (topical): Medicine, Microbiology Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms
    Sense id: en-bacteria-cy-noun-LKgiAxJK Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.