វេត្រាណូ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit वेत्र (vetra, “cane, stick”) + Pali aṇū (“molecule, atom, particule”), literally "rod-shaped particule" (see similar etymologies for English bacteria, bacillus).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic វេត្រាណូ vet̥rāṇū WT romanisation veitraanou (standard) IPA(key) /ʋei.traː.nou/

Noun

វេត្រាណូ • (veitraanou)

1. bacteria

Synonyms

• បាក់តេរី (bakteerii)