bacterium
A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organellesA single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
» Viruses are much smaller than bacteria.
Viren sind viel kleiner als Bakterien.
Вирусы намного меньше бактерий.
Вирусы гораздо меньше бактерий.
Meaning
1 sensesA single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
Bakterium, Bakterie
бакте́рияbaktɛ́rija
бакте́ріяbaktérija
- (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
Examples
97 sentencesViruses are much smaller than bacteria.
ruВирусы намного меньше бактерий.
deViren sind viel kleiner als Bakterien.
Bacteria are invisible to the naked eye.
ruБактерии не видны невооружённым глазом.
deBakterien sind mit bloßem Auge unsichtbar.
Antibiotics kill bacteria, but won't do anything against viruses.
Антибіотики вбивають бактерії, але вони не діють не віруси.
Tom doesn't know the difference between a virus and a bacteria.
Том не знає різниці між вірусом та бактерією.
deTom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen einem Virus und einer Bakterie.
Bacteria are everywhere.
ruБактерии повсюду.
deBakterien sind überall.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”), from βαFrom New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”), from βακτηρία (baktēría).
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Forms
plural: bacteriaSynonyms
2 synonyms- (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants:bacteria
Word family
46 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular