bacteria B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ UK /bakˈtɪə̯.ri.ə/ See IPA manual Freq #7616 Meanings 1 noun Tiny living things, too small to see, that exist almost everywhere and can cause disease or help digestion. Washing your hands helps stop harmful bacteria from spreading. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · tiny living things, too... bacterium Word family Forms bacterialbacterias Derived forms archaebacteriaarchebacteriabacterialessbacterinbacteriosisbacteriuriabacterivorebacterizeeubacteriapseudobacteriaspherobacteria Related forms culture Common collocations pathogenic bacteria Adjective + noun sulfur bacteria Noun + noun harmless bacteria Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”). bactēria la-new βακτηρίᾱ Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bacteria **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ **IPA (UK):** /bakˈtɪə̯.ri.ə/ **Frequency rank:** 7616 ## Meanings 1. Tiny living things, too small to see, that exist almost everywhere and can cause disease or help digestion. ## Examples - Washing your hands helps stop harmful bacteria from spreading. ## Derived Forms - archaebacteria - archebacteria - bacterialess - bacterin - bacteriosis - bacteriuria - bacterivore - bacterize - eubacteria - pseudobacteria - spherobacteria ## Related Forms - culture ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bactēria - Root: βακτηρίᾱ ## Etymology From New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”). ## AI Etymology Bacteria is from New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”). Important recorded forms include bactēria (la-new) and βακτηρίᾱ (Ancient Greek). Current senses include tiny living things, too small to see, that exist almost everywhere and can cause disease or help digestion. The wider family includes derived forms such as archaebacteria, archebacteria, bacterialess, bacterin, and bacteriosis and related words such as culture. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown