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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒlədʒi/
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CMU ARPABET:M AY2 K R OW0 B AY2 AA1 L AH0 JH IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:M AY2 K R AH0 B AY2 AA1 L AH0 JH IY0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
Holonyms: biology, bioscience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biology, bioscience
2
noun
Meaning 2
the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biology, biological science
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 English microbiology From micro- + biology.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mikrobiologji
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Armenian:
մանրէաբանություն
(manrēabanutʻyun)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Asturian:
microbioloxía
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Bashkir:
микробиология
(mikrobiologiya)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Bengali:
অণুজীব বিজ্ঞান
(onujib biggên)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Burmese:
အဏုဇီဝဗေဒ
(a.nu.jiwa.beda.)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Catalan:
microbiologia
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Chinese Mandarin:
微生物學 /微生物学
(wéishēngwùxué)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Chuvash:
микробиологи
(mikrobiologi)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Czech:
mikrobiologie
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Danish:
mikrobiologi
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Dutch:
microbiologie
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Esperanto:
mikrobiologio
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Estonian:
mikrobioloogia
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Finnish:
mikrobiologia
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
French:
microbiologie
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Galician:
microbioloxía
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Georgian:
მიკრობიოლოგია
(miḳrobiologia)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
German:
Mikrobiologie
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Greenlandic:
bakterianik ilinniut
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Hindi:
सूक्ष्मजैविकी
(sūkṣmajaivikī)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Ido:
mikrobiologio
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Indonesian:
mikrobiologi
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Irish:
micri-bhitheolaíocht
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Italian:
microbiologia
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Japanese:
微生物学
(biseibutsugaku)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Kannada:
ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಜೀವ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ
(sūkṣma jīva vijñāna)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Kazakh:
микробиология
(mikrobiologiä)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Khmer:
អតិសុខុមជីវវិទ្យា
(ate sokhom chiivea vityie)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Korean:
미생물학
(misaengmulhak)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Kyrgyz:
микробиология
(mikrobiologiya)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Latvian:
mikrobioloģija
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Lithuanian:
mikrobiològija
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Malayalam:
സൂക്ഷ്മജീവശാസ്ത്രം
(sūkṣmajīvaśāstraṁ)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Māori:
mātai koiora moroiti
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Mongolian:
бичил амин судлал
(bičil amin sudlal)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Mongolian:
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠯ ᠠᠮᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ
(bičil amin sudulul)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Navajo:
chʼosh doo yitʼíinii naalkaah
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Norwegian Bokmål:
mikrobiologi
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Norwegian Nynorsk:
mikrobiologi
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Persian:
میکروبیولوژی
(mikrobiyoloži)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Polish:
mikrobiologia
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Portuguese:
microbiologia
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Romanian:
microbiologie
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Russian:
микробиоло́гия
(mikrobiológija)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Sinhalese:
ක්ෂුද්රජීව විද්යාව
(kṣudrajīwa widyāwa)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Spanish:
microbiología
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Swahili:
mikrobiolojia
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Swedish:
mikrobiologi
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Tagalog:
mikhaynayan
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Tamil:
நுண்ணுயிரியல்
(nuṇṇuyiriyal)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Telugu:
సూక్ష్మజీవశాస్త్రము
(sūkṣmajīvaśāstramu)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Thai:
จุลชีววิทยา
(jun-lá-chii-wá-wít-tá-yaa)
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Turkish:
mikrobiyoloji
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Uzbek:
mikrobiologiya
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Vietnamese:
vi sinh vật học
— branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
