English Explanatory Dictionary

bacterial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

Pronunciation

[bækˈtɪəɹiəɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bacterial.wav

Word forms

bacterial

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ (băktērĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English bacterial From bacteria + -al.

Related words

bacterio-

Derived words

abacterial acidobacterial actinobacterial agrobacterial alphaproteobacterial antibacterial archaebacterial arcobacterial arthrobacterial azotobacterial bacterial flora bacterialization bacterially bacterial meningitis bacterial wetwood betaproteobacterial bifibacterial bifidobacterial brevibacterial campylobacterial coccobacterial corynebacterial curvibacterial cyanobacterial deltaproteobacterial endobacterial enterobacterial epibacterial eubacterial extrabacterial flavobacterial fusobacterial gammaproteobacterial halobacterial heliobacterial interbacterial intrabacterial janthinobacterial magnetobacterial megabacterial microbacterial monobacterial multibacterial mycobacterial myobacterial myxobacterial nanobacterial nitrobacterial nonbacterial panbacterial paucibacterial peribacterial photobacterial phytobacterial polybacterial poribacterial propionibacterial proteobacterial protobacterial rhizobacterial
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