Microbe

Noun CEFR B1

ˈmaɪkɹəʊb

Definitions

Any microorganism; (loosely, nonscientifically) especially, a harmful bacterium.

Equivalents

Españolmicrobio

Françaismicrobe

DeutschMikrobe

37 more languages

العربيةجرثوم جرثومة ميكروب

Беларускаямікроб

Bosanskimikrob микроб

Catalàmicrobi

Češtinamikrob

Ελληνικάμικρόβιο μικροοργανισμός

Esperantomikrobo

فارسیمیکروب

עבריתחידק

Hrvatskimikrob микроб

Հայերենմանրէ միկրոբ

Bahasa Indonesiamikrob

Íslenskaörvera

Italianomicrobio microbo

日本語微生物

ქართულიმიკრობი

ភាសាខ្មែរក្រមី ជីវាណូ ពីជៈមីក្រុប មេរោគ អតិសុខុមប្រាណ

한국어미생물

Македонскимикроб

Монголнян

မြန်မာပိုး

Nederlandsmicrobe

Polskibakcyl drobnoustrój drobnoustrojowymikrob mikrobowy mikroorganizm zarazek

Portuguêsmicróbio

Românămicrob

Русскиймикроб

Српскиmikrob микроб

Svenskamikrob

ไทยจุลชีพ จุลินทรีย์

Tagalogmikrobyo

Türkçemikrop

ئۇيغۇرچەمىكروپ

Українськамікроб

اردوجرثومہ

Tiếng Việtkhuẩn vi khuẩn vi sinh vậtvi trùng

Examples

“We humans and other complex animals are full of microbes, gajillions of them. People have ⟳ so many that microbe cells living in our bodies outnumber our own ⟳ vastly.”

“Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

microbead microbeam microbear microbeer microbehaviour microbench

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