archaeon

archaeon

English

Noun

archaeon (plural archaeons or archaea)

1. A microorganism, physically resembling a bacterium, of the kingdom Archaea.

Synonyms

• archaebacterium

Translations

microorganism

Arabic: بكتيريا قديمة‎ Chinese: Cantonese: 古菌 (gu²kwan²) Mandarin: 古菌 (gǔjùn) Finnish: arkki (fi), arkkieliö (fi) French: archée (fr) f German: Archaeon (de) n, Archaeen (de) pl, n Greek: Ancient: ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa) Icelandic: fornbaktería f

Italian: archei Japanese: 古細菌 (ja) (kosaikin) Korean: 고세균 (gosegyun, 古細菌) Latin: archaeon n Portuguese: arqueobactéria f, arquea f Quechua: ñawpa añaki Russian: архея (ru) (arxeja) Spanish: arquea (es) f Vietnamese: cổ khuẩn, vi khuẩn cổ

See also

• extremophile

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰae̯.on/, [arˈkʰae̯.ɔn]

Noun

archaeon n (genitive archaeī); second declension

1. archaeon

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	archaeon	archaea
Genitive	archaeī	archaeōrum
Dative	archaeō	archaeīs
Accusative	archaeon	archaea
Ablative	archaeō	archaeīs
Vocative	archaeon	archaea