bacterie

See also: bactérie

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bac‧te‧rie

Noun

bacterie f (plural bacteriën, diminutive bacterietje n)

  1. bacterium, a micro-organism
a single organism occurrence is usually mentioned as a plurale tantum, not a species

Derived terms

Romanian

bacterie

Etymology

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

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