"microbiologist" meaning in English

See microbiologist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: microbiologists [plural]
Etymology: From micro- + biologist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|micro-|biologist}} micro- + biologist Head templates: {{en-noun}} microbiologist (plural microbiologists)
  1. A scientist whose speciality is microbiology. Hyponyms: bacteriologist Derived forms: geomicrobiologist Translations (scientist specializing in microbiology): մանրէաբան (manrēaban) (Armenian), microbiòleg [masculine] (Catalan), microbiòloga [feminine] (Catalan), 微生物學家 /微生物学家 (wéishēngwù xuéjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), mikrobiolog [masculine] (Czech), mikrobiolog [common-gender] (Danish), microbioloog [masculine] (Dutch), microbiologe [feminine] (Dutch), mikrobioloog (Estonian), mikrobiologi (Finnish), microbiologiste [feminine, masculine] (French), microbiólogo [masculine] (Galician), microbióloga [feminine] (Galician), Mikrobiologe [masculine] (German), Mikrobiologin [feminine] (German), μικροβιολόγος (mikroviológos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), microbiologo [masculine] (Italian), microbiologa [feminine] (Italian), 微生物学者 (biseibutsu gakusha) (alt: びせいぶつがくしゃ) (Japanese), mikrobiolog [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mikrobiolog [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), microbiólogo [masculine] (Portuguese), microbióloga [feminine] (Portuguese), microbiolog [masculine] (Romanian), microbiologist [masculine] (Romanian), микробио́лог (mikrobiólog) [masculine] (Russian), microbiólogo [masculine] (Spanish), microbióloga [feminine] (Spanish), mikrobiolog [common-gender] (Swedish), సూక్ష్మజీవశాస్త్రజ్ఞుడు (sūkṣmajīvaśāstrajñuḍu) (Telugu)

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      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "word": "微生物学者"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mikrobiolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mikrobiolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microbiólogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "microbióloga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microbiolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microbiologist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mikrobiólog",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "микробио́лог"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microbiólogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "microbióloga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mikrobiolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "roman": "sūkṣmajīvaśāstrajñuḍu",
      "sense": "scientist specializing in microbiology",
      "word": "సూక్ష్మజీవశాస్త్రజ్ఞుడు"
    }
  ],
  "word": "microbiologist"
}

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