bacteria

CEFRC1

/bakˈtɪə̯.ri.ə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Very small living things, some of which cause disease.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A type, species, or strain of bacterium.

Examples

  • Neither chilling nor freezing kills all bacteria.

  • Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).

  2. An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

More examples

In context

  • Pasteur experimented with bacteria.

  • Anaerobic bacteria function in the absence of oxygen, where as aerobic bacteria require sunlight and also oxygen. Both these bacterias are capable of breaking down the organic matter […]

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from New Latin bacteria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “little rod”).