microbe

mi·crobe  (mkrb)

n.

A minute life form; a microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. Not in technical use.

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[French : Greek mkro-, micro- + Greek bios, life; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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mi·crobi·al (m-krb-l), mi·crobic (-krbk) adj.

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microbe [ˈmaɪkrəʊb]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any microscopic organism, esp a disease-causing bacterium

[from French, from micro- + Greek bios life]

microbial , microbic less commonly, microbian adj

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microbe  (mkrb)

A microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. See Note at germ.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

microbe - a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use germ, bug micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size

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microbe

noun microorganism, virus, bug (informal), germ, bacterium, bacillus The microbe that poisoned them had got into dental equipment.

Related words
fear bacilliphobia

Translations

microbe [ˈmaɪkrəʊb] N → microbio m

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microbe [ˈmaɪkrəʊb] n → microbe m

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microbe

n → Mikrobe f

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microbe [ˈmaɪkrəʊb] n → microbio, microbo

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microbe [ˈmaɪkrəʊb] n → microbio, microbo

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microbe

n microbe [ˈmaikrəub]

a very tiny living thing invisible to the naked eye, especially a germ causing disease. mikrobe مِكروب، جُرْثومَه микроб mikrob mikrobe die Mikrobe μικρόβιο microbio mikroob میکروب mikrobi microbe חַיידַק सूक्ष्म कीटाणु mikrob mikroba mikroba örveira microbo 微生物 미생물 mikrobas mikrobs mikrob microbe mikrobe, bakterie mikrob micróbio microb микроб mikrób mikrob mikrob mikrob จุลินทรีย์ mikrop 微生物, 細菌 мікроб خرد حیویہ vi khuẩn 微生物, 细菌