Bacillus

//bæˈsɪl.əs//

Synonyms for "bacillus" (42 found)

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Translations

51 translations across 43 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • bacil noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَصَوِيَّة noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բացիլ noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • ցուպիկ noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Basque

1 entries
  • bazilo noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • бацы́ла noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • баци́л noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဗက်တီးရီးယားပိုး noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Catalan

1 entries
  • bacil noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 桿菌 /杆菌 noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • 芽孢桿菌 /芽孢杆菌 noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Czech

1 entries
  • bacil noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Estonian

1 entries
  • batsill noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Finnish

1 entries
  • basilli noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

French

1 entries
  • bacille noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბაცილა noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

German

1 entries
  • Bazillus noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Greek

1 entries
  • βάκιλλος noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • દંડાણુ noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Hindi

2 entries
  • दण्डाणु noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • बैसिलस noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bacilus noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • baktería noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • staflaga baktería noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Italian

1 entries
  • bacillo noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Japanese

3 entries
  • バシラス noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • バチルス noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • 桿菌 noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទណ្ឌាណូ noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Korean

1 entries
  • 간균 noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bacilis noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • bacila noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • бацил noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Persian

1 entries
  • باسیلوس noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Polish

2 entries
  • laseczka noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • pałeczka noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • bacilo noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Romanian

1 entries
  • bacil noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Russian

1 entries
  • баци́лла noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • bacil noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  • бацил noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Slovak

1 entries
  • bacil noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Slovene

1 entries
  • bacillus noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Spanish

1 entries
  • bacilo noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bacill noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • habishay noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Thai

1 entries
  • บาซิลลัส noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Turkish

1 entries
  • bacillus noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • баци́ла noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • trực khuẩn noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Volapük

1 entries
  • bazil noun (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for tuberculosis causes front-line immune cells to make long-lasting biological “marks” on their DNA, changing how they read genetic instructions for fighting off viruses, the researchers say.

Source: tatoeba (11183850)

Spores from Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 are proving to have the ability to resist the techniques to clean spacecraft, like ultraviolet radiation and peroxide treatment.

Source: tatoeba (11815334)

'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'

Source: wiktionary

"You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.