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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bacillum.
Pronunciation
Noun
bacil m (plural bacils)
- bacillus (rod-shaped bacteria)
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bacil m anim or m inan
- bacillus
Declension
when animate:
Declension of bacil (hard masculine animate)
when inanimate:
Declension of bacil (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “bacil”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bacil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “bacil”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
bacil
- masculine singular past active participle of bacit
Dutch
Etymology
Probably borrowed from French bacille, from German Bazillus or translingual Bacillus, coined by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːˈsɪl/
- Hyphenation: ba‧cil
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Noun
bacil m (plural bacillen, diminutive bacilletje n)
- bacillus, bacterium of the genus Bacillus
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bacille.
Noun
bacil m (plural bacili)
- bacillus
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bacillum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎt͡siːl/
- Hyphenation: ba‧cil
Noun
bàcīl m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀цӣл)
- bacillus
Declension
References
- “bacil”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025