bacterium

Other forms of bacterium

plural

bacteriums·

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 bacterium

What does bacterium mean?

bacterium means "(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants".

How many syllables are in bacterium?

bacterium has 4 syllables: bac-ter-i-um. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /bækˈtɪɹiəm/.

What is another word for bacterium?

Close synonyms include bacteria. 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 bacterium a common word?

bacterium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.