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salmonella

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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsæl.məˈnɛ.lə/
  • /ˌsæ.məˈnɛ.lə/ nonstandard, influenced by salmon
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛlə
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE2 L M AH0 N EH1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Everyone got sick from salmonella in the undercooked meat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Food poisoning, especially in humans, caused by such organisms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, enterics, entric

Narrower terms: Salmonella enteritidis, Gartner's bacillus, Salmonella typhimurium, typhoid bacillus, Salmonella typhosa, Salmonella typhi

History

Etymology

From the genus name Salmonella, named after American veterinarian Daniel Elmer Salmon.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: салмонела (salmonela) — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙門氏菌 /沙门氏菌 (shāménshìjūn) — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Finnish: salmonella — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • French: salmonelle — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • German: Salmonelle — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Greek: σαλμονέλα (salmonéla) — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Hungarian: szalmonella — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Italian: salmonella — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Japanese: サルモネラ (sarumonera) — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Malay: salmonela — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Māori: haramonera — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Polish: salmonella — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Portuguese: salmonela — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Romanian: salmonelă — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Russian: сальмонелла (salʹmonella) — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Spanish: salmonela — bacterium of the genus Salmonella
  • Thai: ซาลโมเนลลา (saal-moo-neel-lâa) — bacterium of the genus Salmonella