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aerobe

/ˈɛː.rəʊb/US/ˈɛˌroʊb/

aerobe noun: any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.

Noun

aerobe (plural aerobes)

  1. Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.
    Antonyms:
    anaerobe

aerobe meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Persian

aerobe in Tamil

உயிர்வளி தேவைப்படும் நுண்ணுயிரி, காற்றுவாழுயிர், உயிர்வளி உயிரி, காற்றுவாழி, வளிவாழ்வி, காற்றுவாழ் அணுவுயிர்

aerobe in Kannada

ಗಾಳಿಯುಸುರಿ, ಗಾಳಿಯುಸುರುಗ

aerobe in Persian

organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen
هوازی havâzi

Antonyms of aerobe

Forms of aerobe

pluralaerobes

Origin of aerobe

Derived from French aérobie. By surface analysis, aero- + -obe.

Words formed from aerobe

Questions about aerobe

What does aerobe mean?
Aerobe means any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.
What is aerobe in Tamil?
Aerobe in Tamil is உயிர்வளி தேவைப்படும் நுண்ணுயிரி, காற்றுவாழுயிர், உயிர்வளி உயிரி. See Aerobe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aerobe?
Aerobe is a noun.
How do you pronounce aerobe?
Aerobe is pronounced /ˈɛː.rəʊb/ (UK).
What is the plural of aerobe?
The plural of aerobe is aerobes.

Words near aerobe in the dictionary

  1. aerobatic
  2. aerobatically
  3. aerobatics
  4. aerobating
  5. aerobats
  6. aerobe
  7. aerobeacon
  8. aerobeacons
  9. aerobes
  10. aerobia
  11. aerobian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aerobe (page history and authors); aerobe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aerobe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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