fungi

CEFRC1

/ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Living things such as mushrooms, molds, and yeasts.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.

Examples

  • Fungi are closer to animals than to plants.

  • Infectious diseases are caused by prions, viruses, rickettsia, chlamydia, bacteria, pathogenic fungi and protozoa.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfuːnd͡ʒi/
  • /ˈfund͡ʒi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.

More examples

In context

  • Many antibiotics come from fungi.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).