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Esperanto
Etymology
From French microbe, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈkrobo/
- Rhymes: -obo
- Hyphenation: mi‧kro‧bo
Noun
mikrobo (accusative singular mikrobon, plural mikroboj, accusative plural mikrobojn)
- (microbiology) microbe, germ (colloquial)
Uzu manpurigilon por protekti vin kontraŭ mikroboj.- Use hand sanitizer to protect yourself against germs.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto mikrobo, English microbe, French microbe, German Mikrobe, Italian microbo, Russian микро́б (mikrób), Spanish microbio.
Pronunciation
Noun
mikrobo (plural mikrobi)
- microbe, microorganism