"microbial" meaning in English

See microbial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl/ [UK], /maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/ [US], /maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/ [Canada], [mʌɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl] [Canada], /mɑɪˈkɹəʉ.bi.əl/ [General-Australian], /mɑɪˈkɹɐʉ.bi.əl/ [General-Australian], /maɪˈkɹɐʉ.bi.əl/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microbial.wav
Etymology: From 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': 56 44
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 64 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ial: 30 65 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 69 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 32 66 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 71 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 81 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 80 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 77 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 78 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 18 79 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 76 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 77 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 79 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 80 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 78 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 81 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 81 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl/ [UK], /maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/ [US], /maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/ [Canada], [mʌɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl] [Canada], /mɑɪˈkɹəʉ.bi.əl/ [General-Australian], /mɑɪˈkɹɐʉ.bi.əl/ [General-Australian], /maɪˈkɹɐʉ.bi.əl/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microbial.wav Forms: microbials [plural]
Etymology: From microbe + -ial. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|microbe|ial}} microbe + -ial Head templates: {{en-noun}} microbial (plural microbials)
  1. A microbe or bacterium.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbià"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "mikrobiální"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbieel"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbien"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbiano"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "mikrobisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "μικροβιακός"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbico"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbial"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "micróbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "microbiano"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "mikrobiell"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "mikrobik"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
      "word": "mikrobic"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to microbes",
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    }
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}

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}

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