"bacterial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: [bækˈtɪəɹiəɫ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bacterial.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria English -al English bacterial From bacteria + -al. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|bacteria|-al|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria English -al English bacterial [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "bactēria", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "staff, cane", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βακτηρία", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐος", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ιον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βακτήριον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "New Latin", "term" : "bactērium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-new" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bacteria", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bacterial", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bacterial"> From bacteria + -al. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bacterial (not comparable)
  1. (microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: bacterio- Translations (of or caused by bacteria): bakterieel (Afrikaans), bacterianu (Asturian), бактэрыя́льны (bakteryjálʹny) (Belarusian), бактериален (bakterialen) (Bulgarian), bacterià (Catalan), bacterial (Catalan), 微生物的 (Wéishēngwù de) (Chinese Mandarin), bakteriální (Czech), bakteriel (Danish), bacterieel (Dutch), bakteria (Esperanto), bakteeri- (english: of) (Finnish), bakteriaalinen (Finnish), bakteeriperäinen (english: caused by) (Finnish), bactérien (French), bacteriano (Galician), bakteriell (German), जीवाण्विक (jīvāṇvik) (Hindi), bakteriális (Hungarian), bakteriala (Ido), baictéarach (Irish), batterico (Italian), bakteriell (Norwegian Bokmål), bakteriell (Norwegian Nynorsk), bakteryjny (Polish), бактериа́льный (bakteriálʹnyj) (Russian), bacteriano (Spanish), bacterial (Spanish), bakteriell (Swedish), бактеріа́льний (bakteriálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bacterial-en-adj-sMj5DSr- Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Microbiology Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences Derived forms: abacterial, acidobacterial, actinobacterial, agrobacterial, alphaproteobacterial, antibacterial, archaebacterial, arcobacterial, arthrobacterial, azotobacterial, bacterial flora, bacterialization, bacterially, bacterial meningitis, bacterial wetwood, betaproteobacterial, bifibacterial, bifidobacterial, brevibacterial, campylobacterial, coccobacterial, corynebacterial, curvibacterial, cyanobacterial, deltaproteobacterial, endobacterial, enterobacterial, epibacterial, eubacterial, extrabacterial, flavobacterial, fusobacterial, gammaproteobacterial, halobacterial, heliobacterial, interbacterial, intrabacterial, janthinobacterial, magnetobacterial, megabacterial, microbacterial, monobacterial, multibacterial, mycobacterial, myobacterial, myxobacterial, nanobacterial, nitrobacterial, nonbacterial, panbacterial, paucibacterial, peribacterial, photobacterial, phytobacterial, polybacterial, poribacterial, propionibacterial, proteobacterial, protobacterial, rhizobacterial, roseobacterial, sphingobacterial, subbacterial, ultramicrobacterial, zetaproteobacterial
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