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microbiologist

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A biologist whose speciality is microbiology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a specialist in microbiology

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: virologist, Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce Sabin

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) 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 -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology 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 biologist English microbiologist From micro- + biologist.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մանրէաբան (manrēaban) — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Catalan: microbiòleg — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Catalan: microbiòloga — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微生物學家 /微生物学家 (wéishēngwù xuéjiā) — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Czech: mikrobiolog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Danish: mikrobiolog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Dutch: microbioloog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Dutch: microbiologe — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Estonian: mikrobioloog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Finnish: mikrobiologi — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • French: microbiologiste — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Galician: microbiólogo — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Galician: microbióloga — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • German: Mikrobiologe — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • German: Mikrobiologin — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Greek: μικροβιολόγος (mikroviológos) — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Italian: microbiologo — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Italian: microbiologa — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Japanese: 微生物学者 (biseibutsu gakusha) — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mikrobiolog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mikrobiolog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Portuguese: microbiólogo — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Portuguese: microbióloga — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Romanian: microbiolog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Romanian: microbiologist — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Russian: микробио́лог (mikrobiólog) — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Spanish: microbiólogo — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Spanish: microbióloga — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Swedish: mikrobiolog — scientist specializing in microbiology
  • Telugu: సూక్ష్మజీవశాస్త్రజ్ఞుడు (sūkṣmajīvaśāstrajñuḍu) — scientist specializing in microbiology
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