Petri dish

Petri dish

See also: petri dish

English

Alternative forms

• petri dish
• petri (informal)

Etymology

Named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtɹi ˌdɪʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɹi ˌdɪʃ/

Noun

Petri dish (plural Petri dishes)

1. A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.

Translations

dish used to culture bacteria

Chinese: Mandarin: 培養皿／培养皿 (zh) (péiyǎngmǐn) Czech: Petriho miska f Danish: petriskål c Dutch: petrischaal (nl) m or f Finnish: elatusmalja, petrimalja (fi) French: boîte de Petri (fr) f German: Petrischale (de) f Hungarian: Petri-csésze (hu) Mongolian: Петрийн аяга (Petriin ajaga) Norwegian: Bokmål: petriskål m or f Nynorsk: petriskål f Portuguese: placa de Petri Russian: ча́шка Пе́три f (čáška Pétri) Spanish: placa de Petri f Swedish: petriskål (sv) c Tagalog: pinggang Petri

Further reading

• Petri dish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia