Dictionary

coccus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒ.kəs/
• [ˈkʰɑkəs] (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

Meanings

1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.

Forms

Deriveds

megacoccus · -coccus · coccicide · coccic · coccous · diplococcus · pentacoccous · coccicidal · -cocci · coccoidal

Relateds

Oxycoccus

Synonyms

coque

Translations (23)

de Kokkus (a bacterium of spherical shape) · fi pallobakteeri (a bacterium of spherical shape) · fr coccus (a bacterium of spherical shape) · fi kokki (a bacterium of spherical shape) · hi गोलाणु (a bacterium of spherical shape) · ja 球菌 (a bacterium of spherical shape) · it cocco (a bacterium of spherical shape) · cs kok (a bacterium of spherical shape) · pt coco (a bacterium of spherical shape) · sv kock (a bacterium of spherical shape) · nl coccus (a bacterium of spherical shape) · ro coc (a bacterium of spherical shape) · vi cầu khuẩn (a bacterium of spherical shape) · pl ziarniak (a bacterium of spherical shape) · ru кокк (a bacterium of spherical shape) · bg кока (a bacterium of spherical shape) · de Kokke (a bacterium of spherical shape) · ko 구균 (a bacterium of spherical shape) · cmn 球菌 (a bacterium of spherical shape) · ka კოკი (a bacterium of spherical shape) · ca coc (a bacterium of spherical shape) · tl bilugishay (a bacterium of spherical shape) · es coco (a bacterium of spherical shape)