Penicillin has contributed much to the welfare of mankind.
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Penicillin
//ˌpɛn.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn//
Synonyms for "penicillin" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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2 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
54 translations across 50 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بينسيلين noun (antibiotic)
- بِنِسِلِين noun (antibiotic)
Basque
1 entries- penizilina noun (antibiotic)
Belarusian
1 entries- пеніцылі́н noun (antibiotic)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пеницили́н noun (antibiotic)
Catalan
1 entries- penicil·lina noun (antibiotic)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 盤尼西林 /盘尼西林 noun (antibiotic)
- 青黴素 /青霉素 noun (antibiotic)
Czech
1 entries- penicilín noun (antibiotic)
Danish
1 entries- penicillin noun (antibiotic)
Dutch
1 entries- penicilline noun (antibiotic)
Esperanto
1 entries- penicilino noun (antibiotic)
Faroese
1 entries- penicillin noun (antibiotic)
Finnish
1 entries- penisilliini noun (antibiotic)
French
1 entries- pénicilline noun (antibiotic)
Georgian
1 entries- პენიცილინი noun (antibiotic)
German
2 entries- Penicillin noun (antibiotic)
- Penizillin noun (antibiotic)
Greek
1 entries- πενικιλίνη noun (antibiotic)
Hebrew
1 entries- פניצילין noun (antibiotic)
Hindi
1 entries- पेनिसिलिन noun (antibiotic)
Hungarian
1 entries- penicillin noun (antibiotic)
Icelandic
1 entries- penisillín noun (antibiotic)
Ido
1 entries- penicilino noun (antibiotic)
Indonesian
1 entries- penisilin noun (antibiotic)
Italian
1 entries- penicillina noun (antibiotic)
Japanese
1 entries- ペニシリン noun (antibiotic)
Kazakh
1 entries- пенициллин noun (antibiotic)
Khmer
1 entries- ប៉េនីស៊ីលីន noun (antibiotic)
Korean
1 entries- 페니실린 noun (antibiotic)
Lithuanian
1 entries- penicilinas noun (antibiotic)
Macedonian
1 entries- пеницили́н noun (antibiotic)
Marathi
1 entries- पेनिसिलिन noun (antibiotic)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- penicillin noun (antibiotic)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- penicillin noun (antibiotic)
Occitan
1 entries- penicillina noun (antibiotic)
Persian
1 entries- پنیسیلین noun (antibiotic)
Polish
1 entries- penicylina noun (antibiotic)
Portuguese
1 entries- penicilina noun (antibiotic)
Romanian
1 entries- penicilină noun (antibiotic)
Russian
1 entries- пеницилли́н noun (antibiotic)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- penicilin noun (antibiotic)
- пеницилин noun (antibiotic)
Slovak
1 entries- penicilín noun (antibiotic)
Slovene
1 entries- penicilin noun (antibiotic)
Spanish
1 entries- penicilina noun (antibiotic)
Swedish
1 entries- penicillin noun (antibiotic)
Tamil
1 entries- பெனிசிலின் noun (antibiotic)
Telugu
1 entries- పెన్సిలిన్ noun (antibiotic)
Thai
1 entries- เพนิซิลลิน noun (antibiotic)
Tibetan
1 entries- པན་ནི་སི་ལིན་ noun (antibiotic)
Turkish
1 entries- penisilin noun (antibiotic)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пеніцилі́н noun (antibiotic)
Vietnamese
1 entries- penicillin noun (antibiotic)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?
Source: tatoeba (33920)
I am allergic to aspirin, penicillin, and sulfa drugs.
Source: tatoeba (71824)
I am not allergic to penicillin.
Source: tatoeba (436403)
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