ameba

ameba

See also: améba, amēba, and amebą

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-mēʹbə, IPA^(key): /əˈmiːbə/
• Rhymes: -iːbə

Noun

ameba (plural amebas or amebae)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba

Usage notes

• Amoeba is the more widespread spelling of this word in the US.

Anagrams

• Ambae, abeam

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• ameeba

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin amēba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑme(ː)bɑ/, [ˈɑme̞(ː)bɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑmebɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧me‧ba

Noun

ameba

1. (biology) amoeba

Declension

Inflection of ameba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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 amebainrare
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
instructive		—	ameboin
abessive		amebatta	ameboitta
comitative		—	ameboineen

Possessive forms of ameba (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	amebani	amebamme
2nd person	amebasi	amebanne
3rd person	amebansa

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch amoebe, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈameba]
• Hyphenation: amé‧ba

Noun

améba (first-person possessive amebaku, second-person possessive amebamu, third-person possessive amebanya)

1. amoeba, ameba: a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.

Alternative forms

• amuba

Further reading

• “ameba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin amoeba (“change, alternation, transformation”), from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛba
• Hyphenation: a‧mè‧ba

Noun

ameba f (plural amebe)

1. (biology) amoeba

Derived terms

• amebico

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Polish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ.ba/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛba
• Syllabification: a‧me‧ba

Noun

ameba f

1. amoeba (member of the genus Amoeba)

   Synonym: pełzak

   maleńka ameba ― tiny amoeba

   zakażenie amebą ― infected by an amoeba

2. (more generally) amoeba, amoeboid (unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape)

   Synonym: pełzak

3. (colloquial, derogatory) amoeba (unintelligent or spineless person)

   kosmopolityczna ameba ― cosmopolitan amoeba

   ameba społeczna ― social amoeba

Declension

Declension of ameba

	singular	plural
nominative	ameba	ameby
genitive	ameby	ameb
dative	amebie	amebom
accusative	amebę	ameby
instrumental	amebą	amebami
locative	amebie	amebach
vocative	amebo	ameby

Derived terms

adjectives

• ameboidalny
• amebowaty
• amebowy

 

nouns

• amebocyt
• ameboza

 

Related terms

noun

• amebiaza

 

References

1. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish)
2. ameba in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

• ameba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ameba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

ameba f (plural amebas)

1. (biology) amoeba (a genus of unicellular protozoa)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aměːba/

Noun

améba f (Cyrillic spelling аме́ба)

1. amoeba

Declension

Declension of ameba

	singular	plural
nominative	ameba	amebe
genitive	amebe	ameba
dative	amebi	amebama
accusative	amebu	amebe
vocative	amebo	amebe
locative	amebi	amebama
instrumental	amebom	amebama

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• amibo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmeba/ [aˈme.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: a‧me‧ba

Noun

ameba f (plural amebas)

1. amoeba

Derived terms

• amebiano

Further reading

• “ameba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English amoeba.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈmɛba/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈmeːba/, /aˈmɛba/

Noun

ameba m (plural amebas or amebâu)

1. amoeba

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.