"microbial" meaning in English

See microbial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /maɪˈkrəʊ.bi.əl/ [UK], /maɪˈkroʊ.bi.əl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microbial.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: microbe + -ial Etymology templates: {{suf|en|microbe|ial}} microbe + -ial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} microbial (not comparable)
  1. Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to microbes): microbià (Catalan), mikrobiální (Czech), microbieel (Dutch), microbien (French), microbiano (Galician), mikrobisch (German), μικροβιακός (mikroviakós) (Greek), microbico (Italian), microbial (Portuguese), micróbico (Portuguese), microbiano (Portuguese), microbiano (Spanish), mikrobiell (Swedish), mikrobik (Turkish), mikrobic (english: medical) (Turkish), mikrobiyal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-microbial-en-adj-8DWjjkGF Disambiguation of 'relating to microbes': 58 42
  2. Small; tiny; minuscule. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-microbial-en-adj-Z4tQdBEF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 45 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ial: 28 48 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /maɪˈkrəʊ.bi.əl/ [UK], /maɪˈkroʊ.bi.əl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microbial.wav [Southern-England] Forms: microbials [plural]
Etymology: microbe + -ial Etymology templates: {{suf|en|microbe|ial}} microbe + -ial Head templates: {{en-noun}} microbial (plural microbials)
  1. A microbe or bacterium.
    Sense id: en-microbial-en-noun-zLriKH8q

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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