bacterie

See also: bactérie

Dutch

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bacterie

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Etymology

Dutchification of older bacterium, from New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”), from βακτηρία (baktēría).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑkˈteː.ri/

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• Hyphenation: bac‧te‧rie
• Rhymes: -eːri

Noun

bacterie f (plural bacteriën, diminutive bacterietje n)

1. bacterium, any member of the domain Bacteria

Derived terms

• bacterieel
• bacterievuur

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: baktéri (dialectal)

Limburgish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑkˈteː²ʀi/

Noun

bacterie f (plural bacterieje, diminutive bacterieke)

1. (biology) bacterium

References

• “bacterie”, in D'n Dictionair‎ (overall work in English, Dutch, and Limburgish), Limburgish Academy, 2007-present

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bactérie, from New Latin bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”), from βακτηρία (baktēría) + -ium.

Noun

bacterie f (plural bacterii)

1. bacterium (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bacterie	bacteria		bacterii	bacteriile
genitive-dative	bacterii	bacteriei		bacterii	bacteriilor
vocative	bacterie, bacterio			bacteriilor

Related terms

• bacterial
• bacterian
• bactericid
• bacteriofag
• bacteriolog
• bacteriologie
• bacteriostatic