Definition
A singular or variant form referring to a bacterium or relating to bacteria.
Etymology
From Latin 'bakterion' (rod-shaped creature). A rare or obsolete term from early bacteriology that lost out to 'bacterium' as the standard singular form.
Kelly Says
Language history is weird—this word lost the evolutionary race against 'bacterium,' which is still alive in your English textbooks, showing how scientific terminology itself undergoes natural selection!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ባክቴሪያ
baak-te-ree-ya
ARالعربية
بكتيريا
bak-te-ree-ya
BNবাংলা
ক্রিমিয়া
kro-mee-ya
CACatalà
bacteri
bak-te-ree
CSČeština
bakterie
bak-te-ree
DADansk
bakterie
bak-te-ree
DEDeutsch
Bakterium
bak-te-ree-um
ELΕλληνικά
βακτηριδίον
bak-te-ree-dee-on
ESEspañol
bacterium
bak-te-ree-um
FAفارسی
باکتری
baak-te-ree
FISuomi
bakteeri
bak-te-ree
FRFrançais
bactérie
bak-te-ree
GUGU
બેક્ટેરિયમ
baek-te-ree-um
HEעברית
בקטריה
ba-k-te-ree-ya
HIहिन्दी
बैक्टीरिया
bak-te-ree-ya
HUMagyar
bacterium
bak-te-ree-um
IDBahasa Indonesia
bakteri
bak-te-ree
IGIG
bacterium
bak-te-ree-um
ITItaliano
batterio
ba-te-ree-o
KKKK
бактерия
bak-te-ree-ya
KMKM
បាក់ទឺរី
baak-te-ree
MRMR
बॅक्टेरियम
baek-te-ree-um
MSBahasa Melayu
bakteria
bak-te-ree-a
MYမြန်မာ
ပ Bakterien
pa-bak-te-ree
NLNederlands
bacterie
bak-te-ree
NONorsk
bakterie
bak-te-ree
PAPA
ਬੈਕਟੀਰੀਆ
baek-te-ree-ya
PLPolski
bakteria
bak-te-ree-ya
PTPortuguês
bactérias
bak-te-ree-as
RORomână
bacterie
bak-te-ree
RUРусский
бактерия
bak-te-ree-ya
SVSvenska
bakterie
bak-te-ree
SWKiswahili
bakteria
bak-te-ree-a
TAதமிழ்
பாக்டீரியா
baak-tee-ree-ya
TEతెలుగు
బాక్టీరియ
baak-tee-ree-ya
THไทย
แบคทีเรีย
baak-tee-ree-a
TLTL
baktarya
bak-te-ree-ya
TRTürkçe
bakteri
bak-te-ree
UKУкраїнська
бактерія
bak-te-ree-ya
URاردو
بیکٹیریا
beek-te-ree-ya
VITiếng Việt
vi khuẩn
vi-khuan
ZUZU
ibaktiri
i-bak-te-ree