noun
Meaning 1
A prokaryotic organism; a member of the domain Archaea
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Standard Lemma guide
archaeon
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History
Etymology
Scientific Latin, corresponding to a singular form of Archaea.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بَكْتِيرْيَا قَدِيمَة (baktīryā qadīma) — microorganism
- Azerbaijani: arxey — microorganism
- Chinese Cantonese: 古菌 (gu2 kwan2) — microorganism
- Chinese Mandarin: 古菌 (gǔjùn) — microorganism
- Esperanto: arĥeo — microorganism
- Esperanto: arkeo — microorganism
- Finnish: arkki — microorganism
- Finnish: arkkieliö — microorganism
- French: archée — microorganism
- German: Archaeon — microorganism
- German: Archaeen — microorganism
- Icelandic: fornbaktería — microorganism
- Italian: archei — microorganism
- Japanese: 古細菌 (kosaikin) — microorganism
- Korean: 고세균 (gosegyun) — microorganism
- Latin: archaeon — microorganism
- Macedonian: археја (arheja) — microorganism
- Polish: archeon — microorganism
- Portuguese: arqueobactéria — microorganism
- Portuguese: arqueia — microorganism
- Quechua: ñawpa añaki — microorganism
- Russian: архея (arxeja) — microorganism
- Spanish: arquea — microorganism
- Swedish: arké — microorganism
- Ukrainian: археон (arxeon) — microorganism
- Vietnamese: cổ khuẩn — microorganism
- Vietnamese: vi khuẩn cổ — microorganism