archaebacterium

Other forms of archaebacterium

plural

archaebacteriums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about archaebacterium

What does archaebacterium mean?

archaebacterium means "considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae".

How many syllables are in archaebacterium?

archaebacterium has 7 syllables: ar-cha-e-bac-te-ri-um. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for archaebacterium?

Close synonyms include archaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is archaebacterium a common word?

archaebacterium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.