noun
Meaning 1
A microbiologist whose speciality is bacteriology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bacteriologist
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/bækˌtɪəɹiˈɒlədʒɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
a biologist who studies bacteria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biologist, life scientist
Narrower terms: Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce, Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich, Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming, Gram, Hans C. J. Gram, Koch, Robert Koch, Metchnikoff, Elie Metchnikoff, Metchnikov, Elie Metchnikov, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov, Noguchi, Hideyo Noguchi, Reiter, Hans Conrad Julius Reiter, Wassermann, August von Wassermann, Yersin, Alexandre Yersin, Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin, Zinsser, Hans Zinsser
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 *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English bacteriologist From bacterio- + -logist.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մանրէաբան (manrēaban) — microbiologist
- Bulgarian: бактериоло́г (bakteriológ) — microbiologist
- Catalan: bacteriòleg — microbiologist
- Chinese Mandarin: 細菌學家 /细菌学家 (xìjùnxuéjiā) — microbiologist
- Czech: bakteriolog — microbiologist
- Danish: bakteriolog — microbiologist
- Dutch: bacterioloog — microbiologist
- Dutch: bacteriologe — microbiologist
- Finnish: bakteriologi — microbiologist
- French: bactériologiste — microbiologist
- German: Bakteriologe — microbiologist
- German: Bakteriologin — microbiologist
- Greek: βακτηριολόγος (vaktiriológos) — microbiologist
- Hungarian: bakteriológus — microbiologist
- Irish: baictéareolaí — microbiologist
- Japanese: 細菌学者 (saikingakusha) — microbiologist
- Norwegian Bokmål: bakteriolog — microbiologist
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bakteriolog — microbiologist
- Polish: bakteriolog — microbiologist
- Portuguese: bacteriologista — microbiologist
- Russian: бактерио́лог (bakteriólog) — microbiologist
- Slovak: bakteriológ — microbiologist
- Slovak: bakteriologička — microbiologist
- Spanish: bacteriólogo — microbiologist