antibiotic

See also: antibiòtic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French antibiotique.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/
Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, /ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/
Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Noun

antibiotic (plural antibiotics)

(pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:antibiotic

Derived terms

Translations

substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria

Albanian: antibiotik (sq) m
Arabic: مُضَادّ حَيَوِيّ‎ m (muḍādd ḥayawiyy)
Armenian: հակաբիոտիկ (hy) (hakabiotik)
Azerbaijani: antibiotik
Belarusian: антыбіётык m (antybijótyk)
Bulgarian: антибио́тик m (antibiótik)
Burmese: ပဋိဇီဝဆေး (my) (pa.ti.jiwa.hce:)
Catalan: antibiòtic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗生素 (zh) (kàngshēngsù), 抗菌素 (zh) (kàngjūnsù)
Czech: antibiotikum (cs) n
Danish: antibiotikum (da) n
Dutch: antibioticum (nl) n
Esperanto: antibiotiko
Estonian: antibiootikum
Finnish: antibiootti (fi)
French: antibiotique (fr) m
Georgian: ანტიბიოტიკი (ka) (anṭibioṭiḳi)
German: Antibiotikum (de) n
Greek: αντιβιοτικό (el) m (antiviotikó)
Hebrew: אַנְטִיבְּיוֹטִיקָה‎ (he) f (antibyótika)
Hindi: प्रतिजैविक (pratijaivik)
Hungarian: antibiotikum (hu), baktericid (hu)
Icelandic: sýklalyf n
Ido: antibiotiko (io)
Indonesian: antibiotik (id)
Interlingua: antibiotico
Irish: antaibheathach m, frithbheathach m
Italian: antibiotico (it) m
Japanese: 抗生物質 (こうせいぶっしつ, kōseibusshitsu)
Kazakh: антибиотик (antibiotik)
Korean: 항생물질 (hangsaengmuljil), 항생제 (hangsaengje)
Kyrgyz: антибиотик (antibiotik)
Latvian: antibiotika f
Lithuanian: antibiotikas m
Macedonian: антибио́тик m (antibiótik)
Malay: antibiotik (ms)
Maori: rongoā paturopi, paturopi, patupokenga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: антибиотик (mn) (antibiotik), нян дарагч (njan daragč) (China)

Mongolian: ᠠᠨᠲ᠋ᠢᠪᠢᠣᠲ᠋ᠢᠺ (antibiotik), ᠨᠢᠶᠠᠨ
ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ (niyan daruɣči)
Norwegian: antibiotikum n
Persian: آنتی‌بیوتیک‎ (ânti-biotik)
Polish: antybiotyk (pl) m
Portuguese: antibiótico (pt)
Romanian: antibiotic (ro) n
Russian: антибио́тик (ru) m (antibiótik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: антибио̀тик m

Roman: antibiòtik (sh) m
Sinhalese: ප්‍රතිජීවක (pratijīwaka)
Slovak: antibiotikum (sk) n
Slovene: antibiotik (sl) m
Spanish: antibiótico (es) m
Swahili: antibiotiki
Swedish: antibiotikum (sv) n
Tagalog: labanhayanin, antibiyotiko
Tajik: антибиотик (antibiotik)
Thai: ยาปฏิชีวนะ (yaa-bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná), ปฏิชีวนะ (bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná)
Tibetan: སྐྱེ་ནུས་འགོག་རྫས (skye nus 'gog rdzas)
Turkish: antibiyotik (tr)
Turkmen: antibiotik
Ukrainian: антибіо́тик m (antybiótyk)
Uzbek: antibiotik (uz)
Vietnamese: kháng sinh (vi), trụ sinh
Welsh: gwrthfiotig m

Adjective

antibiotic (comparative more antibiotic, superlative most antibiotic)

(pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.
(obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.

Translations

of or relating to antibiotics

Catalan: antibiòtic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗生素的 (kàngshēngsù de), 抗菌素的 (kàngjūnsù de)
Czech: antibiotický m
Danish: antibiotisk
Dutch: antibiotisch (nl)
Esperanto: antibiotika
Finnish: antibioottinen
French: antibiotique (fr)
Georgian: ანტიბიოტიკური (anṭibioṭiḳuri)
German: antibiotisch (de)
Interlingua: antibiotic
Irish: antaibheathach, frithbheathach
Italian: antibiotico (it) m
Macedonian: антибио́тски (antibiótski)
Norwegian: antibiotisk
Polish: antybiotyczny (pl), antybiotykowy (pl)
Portuguese: antibiótico (pt)
Russian: антибиоти́ческий (ru) (antibiotíčeskij)
Slovak: antibiotický (sk)
Spanish: antibiótico (es)
Tagalog: labanhanayin

Interlingua

Adjective

antibiotic (not comparable)

antibiotic

Related terms

antibiotico

Romanian

Etymology

From French antibiotique.

Noun

antibiotic n (plural antibiotice)

antibiotic

Declension

Declension of antibiotic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) antibiotic	antibioticul	(niște) antibiotice	antibioticele
genitive/dative	(unui) antibiotic	antibioticului	(unor) antibiotice	antibioticelor
vocative	antibioticule		antibioticelor

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