bactéria

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin bactēria, a neuter plural reinterpreted as a feminine singular, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bac‧té‧ri‧a === Noun === bactéria f (plural bactérias) bacterium ==== Related terms ==== bacteriologia, bactericida, bacterial micróbio, bacilo, germe === Further reading === “bactéria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bactéria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026