microorganism

See also: microörganism and micro-organism

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From micro- +‎ organism.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm̩/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈɔːɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm̩/

Noun

microorganism (plural microorganisms)

(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.
The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.

Related terms

microbe

Translations

an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye

Arabic: مِيكْرُوب‎ m (mikrūb)
Armenian: միկրոօրգանիզմ (hy) (mikroōrganizm)
Asturian: microorganismu m
Bulgarian: микрооргани́зъм (bg) m (mikroorganízǎm)
Catalan: microorganisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 微生物 (zh) (wéishēngwù)
Czech: mikroorganismus (cs) m
Danish: mikroorganisme (da) c
Esperanto: mikroorganismo
Estonian: mikroorganism
Faroese: smávera f
Finnish: mikro-organismi (fi)
French: microorganisme (fr) m
Galician: microorganismo m
Georgian: მიკროორგანიზმი (miḳroorganizmi)
German: Mikroorganismus (de) m
Greek: μικροοργανισμός (el) m (mikroorganismós)
Hebrew: מיקרואורגניזם‎ (he) m (mikro'organízm)
Hindi: सूक्ष्मजीव (sūkṣmajīv)
Hungarian: mikroorganizmus (hu)
Icelandic: örvera f
Ido: mikroorganismo (io), mikrobo (io)

Indonesian: mikroorganisme (id)
Italian: microrganismo (it) m
Japanese: 微生物 (ja) (びせいぶつ, biseibutsu)
Korean: 미생물 (ko) (misaengmul) (微生物 (ko))
Lao: ຈຸນລະຊີບ (lo) (chun la sīp)
Maori: moroiti
Navajo: chʼosh doo yitʼínii
Occitan: microorganisme m
Persian: میکرب‎ (fa) (mikrob)
Polish: mikroorganizm (pl) m
Portuguese: micro-organismo (pt) m, microrganismo (pt) m
Romanian: microorganism (ro) n
Russian: микрооргани́зм (ru) m (mikroorganízm)
Serbo-Croatian: mikroorganìzam (sh) m
Spanish: microorganismo (es) m
Swedish: mikroorganism (sv) c
Tagalog: miktataghay
Telugu: సూక్ష్మజీవి (te) (sūkṣmajīvi)
Thai: จุลชีพ (jun lá chêep)
Turkish: mikroorganizma (tr)
Vietnamese: vi trùng, vi khuẩn (vi), vi sinh vật (微生物)
West Frisian: mikro-organisme

See also

macroorganism

Romanian

Noun

microorganism n (plural microorganisme)

microorganism

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