វេត្រាណូ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit वेत्र (vetra, “cane, stick”) + Pali aṇū (“molecule, atom, particule”), literally "rod-shaped particule" (see similar etymologies for English bacteria, bacillus).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic វេត្រាណូ
vet̥rāṇū
WT romanisation veitraanou
(standard) IPA(key) /ʋei.traː.nou/

Noun

វេត្រាណូ • (veitraanou)

  1. bacteria

Synonyms

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