Complete Definition of "fungus"

English
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Etymology
L. term|fungus||mushroom|lang=la. Compare Greek ���γγο� (spóngos)

Pronunciation
IPA|/f��ɡ�s/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��ɡ�s|-��ɡ�s

Noun
en-noun|plfungi|pl2funguses

  1. A category of eukaryote|eukaryotic organism, having cell walls but no chlorophyll. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

Derived terms
bracket fungus
fungicidal
fungicide
jelly fungus

Translations
trans-top|a category of eukaryotic organism, having cell walls but no chlorophyll
Arabic: Arab|�طر|��ط�ر IPAchar|(fú�r) m
trreq|Basque
Chinese: �类 (jūnlèi)
Danish: svamp c
Dutch: zwam m
trreq|Esperanto
trreq|Estonian
Finnish: sieni
trreq|French
German: Pilz m
trreq|Hebrew
trreq|Hindi
Hungarian: gombaféle
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trreq|Icelandic
trreq|Japanese
trreq|Korean
Latin: t|la|fungus
trreq|Latvian
trreq|Lithuanian
Norwegian: sopp
Polish: grzyb m
Portuguese: fungo m
trreq|Romanian
Russian: t|ru|г�иб|m|tr=grib
Spanish: hongo m
Swedish: svamp
Turkish: mantar
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See also
mushroom
toadstool

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals


Latin

Etymology
Compare AGr.|la ���γγο� (spóngos)

Noun
la-noun|fungus|fungi|fungī|m|second

  1. mushroom
  2. #English|fungus
  3. A candle-snuff

Descendants
English: #English|fungus
French: fongus
Spanish: hongo

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