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5-letter words (2 found)

ABEAM,AMEBA,

4-letter words (3 found)

BEAM,BEMA,MABE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ABA,AMA,AME,BAA,BAE,BAM,MAA,MAE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AB,AE,AM,BA,BE,EA,EM,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 24 words from ameba according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ameba

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Definitions and meaning of ameba

ameba

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ə-mēʹbə, IPA(key): /əˈmiːbə/
  • Rhymes: -iːbə

Noun

ameba (plural amebas or amebae)

  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba

Usage notes

  • Amoeba is the more widespread spelling of this word in the US.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Ambae, abeam

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • ameeba

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin amēba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑme(ː)bɑ/, [ˈɑ̝me̞(ː)bɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmebɑ
  • Syllabification(key): a‧me‧ba

Noun

ameba

  1. (biology) amoeba

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ameba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch amoebe, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, change), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈameba]
  • Hyphenation: amé‧ba

Noun

améba (first-person possessive amebaku, second-person possessive amebamu, third-person possessive amebanya)

  1. amoeba, ameba: a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.

Alternative forms

  • amuba

Further reading

  • “ameba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin amoeba (change, alternation, transformation), from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, change), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmɛ.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɛba
  • Hyphenation: a‧mè‧ba

Noun

ameba f (plural amebe)

  1. (biology) amoeba
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) an unintelligent or spineless person

Derived terms

  • amebico

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amöbe or English amoeba, ultimately from New Latin amoeba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, change). First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmɛ.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɛba
  • Syllabification: a‧me‧ba

Noun

ameba f

  1. amoeba (member of the genus Amoeba)
    Synonym: pełzak
    maleńka amebatiny amoeba
    zakażenie amebąinfected by an amoeba
  2. (more generally) amoeba, amoeboid (unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape)
    Synonym: pełzak
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) amoeba (unintelligent or spineless person)
    kosmopolityczna amebacosmopolitan amoeba
    ameba społecznasocial amoeba

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References

Further reading

  • ameba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ameba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

ameba f (plural amebas)

  1. (biology) amoeba (a genus of unicellular protozoa)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aměːba/

Noun

améba f (Cyrillic spelling аме́ба)

  1. amoeba

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • amibo
  • amiba

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmeba/ [aˈme.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eba
  • Syllabification: a‧me‧ba

Noun

ameba f (plural amebas)

  1. amoeba

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ameba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English amoeba.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmɛba/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /aˈmeːba/, /aˈmɛba/

Noun

ameba m (plural amebas or amebâu)

  1. amoeba

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