ameba
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ameba (plural amebas or amebae)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba
Usage notes
[edit]- Amoeba is the more widespread spelling of this word in the US.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from New Latin amēba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ameba
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ameba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ameba | amebat | |
genitive | ameban | amebojen | |
partitive | amebaa | ameboja | |
illative | amebaan | ameboihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ameba | amebat | |
accusative | nom. | ameba | amebat |
gen. | ameban | ||
genitive | ameban | amebojen amebain rare | |
partitive | amebaa | ameboja | |
inessive | amebassa | ameboissa | |
elative | amebasta | ameboista | |
illative | amebaan | ameboihin | |
adessive | ameballa | ameboilla | |
ablative | amebalta | ameboilta | |
allative | ameballe | ameboille | |
essive | amebana | ameboina | |
translative | amebaksi | ameboiksi | |
abessive | amebatta | ameboitta | |
instructive | — | ameboin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ameba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch amoebe, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]améba (first-person possessive amebaku, second-person possessive amebamu, third-person possessive amebanya)
- amoeba, ameba: a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ameba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin amoeba (“change, alternation, transformation”), from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ameba f (plural amebe)
- (biology) amoeba
- (colloquial, derogatory) an unintelligent or spineless person
Derived terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amöbe or English amoeba, ultimately from New Latin amoeba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”).[1] First attested in the 19th century.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ameba f
- amoeba (member of the genus Amoeba)
- Synonym: pełzak
- maleńka ameba ― tiny amoeba
- zakażenie amebą ― infected by an amoeba
- (more generally) amoeba, amoeboid (unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape)
- Synonym: pełzak
- (colloquial, derogatory) amoeba (unintelligent or spineless person)
- kosmopolityczna ameba ― cosmopolitan amoeba
- ameba społeczna ― social amoeba
Declension
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ameba”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ ameba in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
[edit]- ameba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ameba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛbɐ
Noun
[edit]ameba f (plural amebas)
Further reading
[edit]- “ameba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]améba f (Cyrillic spelling аме́ба)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ameba f (plural amebas)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ameba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmɛba/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmeːba/, /aˈmɛba/
Noun
[edit]ameba m (plural amebas or amebâu)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ameba | unchanged | unchanged | hameba |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/iːbə
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmebɑ
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛba
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- it:Biology
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛbɐ
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eba
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