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fungicide

noun · 2 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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  • /ˈfʌŋɡɪsaɪd/
  • /ˈfʌnd͡ʒɪsaɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F AH1 N JH AH0 S AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A substance used to kill fungus, whether yeasts, molds, mildews, or mushrooms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fungicidal, mycocide, mycocidal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: microbiocide

2

noun

Meaning 2

any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agent

Narrower terms: Bordeaux mixture, griseofulvin, Fulvicin, iodochlorhydroxyquin, Clioquinol, itraconazole, Sporanox, miconazole, Monistat, nystatin, Mycostatin, Nystan, terbinafine, Lamisil, thiabendazole, gentian violet, crystal violet

History

Etymology

From fungi- + -cide.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ֆունգիցիդ (fungicʻid) — substance used to kill fungus
  • Armenian: սնկասպան (snkaspan) — substance used to kill fungus
  • Czech: fungicid — substance used to kill fungus
  • Danish: svampemiddel — substance used to kill fungus
  • Danish: fungicid — substance used to kill fungus
  • Dutch: fungicide — substance used to kill fungus
  • Esperanto: fungicido — substance used to kill fungus
  • Faroese: soppatýnari — substance used to kill fungus
  • Finnish: sienimyrkky — substance used to kill fungus
  • Finnish: fungisidi — substance used to kill fungus
  • French: fongicide — substance used to kill fungus
  • German: Fungizid — substance used to kill fungus
  • Greenlandic: pupiutaajaat — substance used to kill fungus
  • Icelandic: sveppadeyðir — substance used to kill fungus
  • Indonesian: fungisida — substance used to kill fungus
  • Indonesian: racun kulat — substance used to kill fungus
  • Japanese: 殺菌剤 (sakkinzai) — substance used to kill fungus
  • Malay: fungisid — substance used to kill fungus
  • Polish: fungicyd — substance used to kill fungus
  • Portuguese: fungicida — substance used to kill fungus
  • Russian: фунгици́д (fungicíd) — substance used to kill fungus
  • Serbo-Croatian: fungìcīd — substance used to kill fungus
  • Spanish: fungicida — substance used to kill fungus
  • Spanish: funguicida — substance used to kill fungus
  • Tagalog: pamatay-dapulak — substance used to kill fungus
  • Ukrainian: фунгіцид (funhicyd) — substance used to kill fungus