See subbacterial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "sub-",
"4": "bacterial",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *upó\nProto-Italic *supo\nLatin sub\nLatin sub-der.\nEnglish sub-\nAncient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nAncient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?\nAncient Greek -ιον (-ion)\nAncient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.\nNew Latin bactēriabor.\nEnglish bacteria\nEnglish -al\nEnglish bacterial\nEnglish subbacterial\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*upó\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*supo\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sub\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sub-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sub-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"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\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"subbacterial\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"subbacterial\">\nFrom sub- + bacterial.",
"name": "etymon"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *upó\nProto-Italic *supo\nLatin sub\nLatin sub-der.\nEnglish sub-\nAncient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nAncient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?\nAncient Greek -ιον (-ion)\nAncient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.\nNew Latin bactēriabor.\nEnglish bacteria\nEnglish -al\nEnglish bacterial\nEnglish subbacterial\nFrom sub- + bacterial.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "subbacterial (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Biology",
"orig": "en:Biology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "81 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "87 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "91 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "81 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "89 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
60,
73
]
],
"ref": "1939, Hans Zinsser, A textbook of bacteriology^([archive.org]), page 916:",
"text": "They are used frequently for the separation of particles of sub-bacterial dimensions and for the study of the sizes of the particles of ultramicroscopic viruses, bacteriophage and colloids.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
84,
96
]
],
"ref": "1944 May 1, “Tropical Diseases”, in Life^([archive.org]), page 64:",
"text": "Diseases that have most stubbornly resisted medical control are those caused by the subbacterial Rickettsiae and viruses. Cause of many tropical diseases, these organisms are the smallest living things. They can exist only side living cells.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
74,
86
]
],
"ref": "1978, Harry Lehman, Biology in transition^([archive.org]), page 26:",
"text": "The broadening of bacteriology has opened up new horizons in the field of subbacterial forms and has resulted in the alteration of the name of the study of microorganisms from bacteriology to microbiology.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"smaller than a bacterium"
],
"id": "en-subbacterial-en-adj-j6mpXGQN",
"links": [
[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
"bacterium",
"bacterium"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biology) smaller than a bacterium"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Pathology",
"orig": "en:Pathology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with sub-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Subacute and bacterial."
],
"id": "en-subbacterial-en-adj-VVGDYKSY",
"links": [
[
"pathology",
"pathology"
],
[
"Subacute",
"subacute"
],
[
"bacterial",
"bacterial"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(pathology) Subacute and bacterial."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"pathology",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "subbacterial"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *upó",
"English terms prefixed with sub-",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "sub-",
"4": "bacterial",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *upó\nProto-Italic *supo\nLatin sub\nLatin sub-der.\nEnglish sub-\nAncient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nAncient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?\nAncient Greek -ιον (-ion)\nAncient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.\nNew Latin bactēriabor.\nEnglish bacteria\nEnglish -al\nEnglish bacterial\nEnglish subbacterial\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*upó\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*supo\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sub\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sub-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sub-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"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\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"subbacterial\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"subbacterial\">\nFrom sub- + bacterial.",
"name": "etymon"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *upó\nProto-Italic *supo\nLatin sub\nLatin sub-der.\nEnglish sub-\nAncient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nAncient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?\nAncient Greek -ιον (-ion)\nAncient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.\nNew Latin bactēriabor.\nEnglish bacteria\nEnglish -al\nEnglish bacterial\nEnglish subbacterial\nFrom sub- + bacterial.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "subbacterial (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Biology"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
60,
73
]
],
"ref": "1939, Hans Zinsser, A textbook of bacteriology^([archive.org]), page 916:",
"text": "They are used frequently for the separation of particles of sub-bacterial dimensions and for the study of the sizes of the particles of ultramicroscopic viruses, bacteriophage and colloids.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
84,
96
]
],
"ref": "1944 May 1, “Tropical Diseases”, in Life^([archive.org]), page 64:",
"text": "Diseases that have most stubbornly resisted medical control are those caused by the subbacterial Rickettsiae and viruses. Cause of many tropical diseases, these organisms are the smallest living things. They can exist only side living cells.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
74,
86
]
],
"ref": "1978, Harry Lehman, Biology in transition^([archive.org]), page 26:",
"text": "The broadening of bacteriology has opened up new horizons in the field of subbacterial forms and has resulted in the alteration of the name of the study of microorganisms from bacteriology to microbiology.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"smaller than a bacterium"
],
"links": [
[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
"bacterium",
"bacterium"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biology) smaller than a bacterium"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Pathology"
],
"glosses": [
"Subacute and bacterial."
],
"links": [
[
"pathology",
"pathology"
],
[
"Subacute",
"subacute"
],
[
"bacterial",
"bacterial"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(pathology) Subacute and bacterial."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"pathology",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "subbacterial"
}
Download raw JSONL data for subbacterial meaning in English (6.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (e62056b and e7887d5). 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.