mycelium

From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- +‎ -el- +‎ -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈsi.li.əm/
• Rhymes: -iːliəm

mycelium (countable and uncountable, plural mycelia)

1. The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

Borrowed from New Latin mycelium.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪt͡sɛlɪjum]

mycelium n

1. mycelium

   Synonym: podhoubí

• “mycelium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mycelium”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mycelium”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from New Latin mycelium.

• IPA^(key): /miˈseː.li.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: my‧ce‧li‧um

mycelium n (plural mycelia)

1. mycelium

mycelium n (definite singular myceliet, indefinite plural mycelier, definite plural mycelia or myceliene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by mycel

mycelium n (definite singular myceliet, indefinite plural mycelium, definite plural mycelia)

1. (pre-2005) alternative form of mycel