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fungal

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfʌŋɡəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F AH1 NG G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fungous, mycotic

Antonyms: nonfungal, nonmycotic

2

noun

Meaning 2

A fungus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to fungi

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fungous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fungus + -al.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սնկային (snkayin) — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Bulgarian: гъбест (gǎbest) — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Bulgarian: гъбовиден (gǎboviden) — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Catalan: fúngic — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Czech: houbový — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Czech: mykotický — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Esperanto: funga — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Finnish: sieniperäinen — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Finnish: sienimäinen — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Finnish: sieni- — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • French: fongique — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • French: champignonneux — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Galician: fúnxico — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Georgian: სოკოვანი (soḳovani) — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Irish: fungasach — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Italian: fungino — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Polish: grzybowy — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Portuguese: fúngico — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Russian: грибко́вый (gribkóvyj) — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Spanish: fúngico — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Turkish: mantarsal — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Turkish: mantarsı — of or pertaining to a fungus
  • Turkish: mantarımsı — of or pertaining to a fungus