symbiont

English

Etymology

From sym- +‎ -biont or symbiosis +‎ -ont.

Noun

symbiont (plural symbionts)

1. (ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.

   Synonym: symbiote

   • 1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation:

     The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.

   • 2019 December 9, JoAnna Klein, “Seawater Is Filled With a Sugary Feast. Here’s How Sponges Eat It.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     It had been known that sponges somehow took in dissolved organic matter, but it remained unclear whether they could do it on their own or needed help from their bacterial symbionts.

Derived terms

• aposymbiont
• chemosymbiont
• ectosymbiont
• endosymbiont
• episymbiont
• exosymbiont
• holosymbiont
• intersymbiont
• microsymbiont
• mycosymbiont
• photosymbiont
• phytosymbiont
• symbiontic
• symbiontophorous

Related terms

• symbiote
• symbiotic
• symbiosis

Translations

organism in a symbiotic relationship

• Catalan: simbiont m
• Czech: symbiont (cs) m
• Finnish: symbiootti
• French: symbiote (fr) m
• German: Symbiont (de) m
• Greek: συμβιωτής (el) m (symviotís)
• Italian: simbionte (it) m
• Occitan: simbiont (oc) m, simbiòt
• Polish: symbiont (pl) m
• Portuguese: simbionte m
• Russian: симбио́нт (ru) m (simbiónt)
• Spanish: simbionte (es) m

See also

• host
• parasite

Czech

Noun

symbiont m inan

1. symbiote, symbiont (ecology)

Declension

Declension of symbiont (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	symbiont	symbionty
genitive	symbiontu	symbiontů
dative	symbiontu	symbiontům
accusative	symbiont	symbionty
vocative	symbionte	symbionty
locative	symbiontu	symbiontech
instrumental	symbiontem	symbionty

Related terms

• symbiotický
• symbióza

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪm.biˈɔnt/
• Hyphenation: sym‧bi‧ont
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

symbiont m or n (plural symbionten)

1. a symbiont, a symbiote

   Synonym: symbioot

Related terms

• symbiose
• symbiotisch

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɘm.bjɔnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘmbjɔnt
• Syllabification: sym‧biont

Noun

symbiont m inan

1. (biology) symbiont, symbiote

Declension

Declension of symbiont

	singular	plural
nominative	symbiont	symbionty
genitive	symbiontu	symbiontów
dative	symbiontowi	symbiontom
accusative	symbiont	symbionty
instrumental	symbiontem	symbiontami
locative	symbioncie	symbiontach
vocative	symbioncie	symbionty

Related terms

(adjective):

• symbiotyczny

(adverb):

• symbiotycznie

(noun):

• symbioza

Further reading

• symbiont in Polish dictionaries at PWN