microbe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmaɪkrəʊb/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmaɪkroʊb/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mī′krōb)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
mi•crobe /ˈmaɪkroʊb/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Microbiologya microorganism, esp. a disease-causing bacterium.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
mi•crobe  (mī′krōb),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Microbiologya microorganism, esp. a pathogenic bacterium.
  • Greek mīkro- micro- + bíos life
  • French
  • 1880–85
mi′crobe•less, adj. 
mi•cro′bi•al, mi•cro′bic, mi•cro′bi•an, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
microbe / ˈmaɪkrəʊb/
  1. any microscopic organism, esp a disease-causing bacterium
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from micro- + Greek bios lifemiˈcrobial, miˈcrobic, miˈcrobian
'microbe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aerobe - extremophile - germ - microbicide - nanobe

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