archaeon

English

Etymology

Scientific Latin, corresponding to a singular form of Archaea.

Noun

archaeon (plural archaeons or archaea)

1. A prokaryotic organism; a member of the domain Archaea [from 20th c.]
   • 2020 January 15, Hannah Devlin, The Guardian:

     Then, the theory goes, a rogue archaeon gobbled up a bacterium to create an entirely new type of cell that would go on to form the basis of all complex life on Earth, from plants to humans.

Synonyms

• archaebacterium (obsolete)

Derived terms

• archaeal
• archaeosortase
• lokiarchaeon
• methanoarchaeon

Translations

microorganism

Arabic: بَكْتِيرْيَا قَدِيمَة (baktīryā qadīma) Azerbaijani: arxey Chinese: Cantonese: 古菌 (gu2 kwan2) Mandarin: 古菌 (zh) (gǔjùn) Esperanto: arĥeo, arkeo Finnish: arkki (fi), arkkieliö (fi) French: archée (fr) f German: Archaeon (de) n, Archaeen (de) pl or n Icelandic: fornbaktería f Italian: archei Japanese: 古細菌 (ja) (kosaikin) Korean: 고세균(古細菌) (ko) (gosegyun) Latin: archaeon n Macedonian: археја (arheja) Polish: archeon m Portuguese: arqueobactéria f, arqueia (pt) Quechua: ñawpa añaki Russian: архея (ru) (arxeja) Spanish: arquea (es) f Swedish: arké (sv) c Ukrainian: археон (arxeon) Vietnamese: cổ khuẩn, vi khuẩn cổ

See also

• extremophile

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Archaea

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈkʰae̯.ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈkɛː.on]

Noun

archaeon n (genitive archaeī); second declension

1. archaeon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	archaeon	archaea
genitive	archaeī	archaeōrum
dative	archaeō	archaeīs
accusative	archaeon	archaea
ablative	archaeō	archaeīs
vocative	archaeon	archaea