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bacteriological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to bacteriology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to bacteriology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bacteriologic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactērium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bacterio- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English -logical English bacteriological From bacterio- + -logical.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մանրէաբանական (manrēabanakan) — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Catalan: bacteriològic — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Czech: bakteriologický — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Danish: bakteriologisk — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Dutch: bacteriologisch — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Finnish: bakteriologinen — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • French: bactériologique — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Galician: bacteriolóxico — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • German: bakteriologisch — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Hungarian: bakteriológiai — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Italian: batteriologico — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Latin: bactēriologicus — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bakteriologisk — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakteriologisk — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Polish: bakteriologiczny — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Portuguese: bacteriológico — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Russian: бактериологи́ческий (bakteriologíčeskij) — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Slovak: bakteriologický — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Spanish: bacteriológico — of or pertaining to bacteriology
  • Swedish: bakteriologisk — of or pertaining to bacteriology