microbicide

English

Etymology

From microbe +‎ -cide.

Noun

microbicide (plural microbicides)

1. Any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms.

Derived terms

• microbicidal

Related terms

• microbe

Translations

substance that is harmful to microorganisms

• Catalan: microbicida f
• Czech: mikrobicid (cs) m
• French: microbicide (fr)
• Italian: microbicida (it) m
• Spanish: microbicida f

French

Adjective

microbicide (plural microbicides)

1. microbicidal

Noun

microbicide m (plural microbicides)

1. microbicide

Further reading

• “microbicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˌkrɔ.biˈt͡ʃi.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧bi‧cì‧de

Adjective

microbicide

1. feminine plural of microbicida