acidophilus
English
Etymology
From New Latin acidophilus (“acid-loving”)
Noun
acidophilus (uncountable)
- Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
Translations
Lactobacillus acidophilus
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Latin
Etymology
From acidus (“sour, acid”) + philus (“beloved”), from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “friend”)
Adjective
acidophilus (feminine acidophila, neuter acidophilum); first/second declension
- (New Latin) acidophilic
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | acidophilus | acidophila | acidophilum | acidophilī | acidophilae | acidophila | |
| Genitive | acidophilī | acidophilae | acidophilī | acidophilōrum | acidophilārum | acidophilōrum | |
| Dative | acidophilō | acidophilō | acidophilīs | ||||
| Accusative | acidophilum | acidophilam | acidophilum | acidophilōs | acidophilās | acidophila | |
| Ablative | acidophilō | acidophilā | acidophilō | acidophilīs | |||
| Vocative | acidophile | acidophila | acidophilum | acidophilī | acidophilae | acidophila | |