bactericide
/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪˌsaɪd/
bactericide noun: any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
Noun
bactericide (plural bactericides)
- Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
- Synonyms:
- bacteriacide, bacteriocide
bactericide meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Malay
bactericide in Tamil
- நுண்ணுயிர்க்கொல்லி, நுண்மக் கொல்லி, நுண்ணுயிர்க் கொல்லி, பற்றீரியாக்கொல்லி, பாக்ட்டீரியா கொல்லி, நுண்மக்கொல்லி
bactericide in Kannada
- ಸೀರ್ಕೋಲುಗುಲಿ, ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಟೀರಿಯಾನಾಶಕ
bactericide in Malay
- Any substance that kills bacteria
- bakterisid
Synonyms of bactericide
Forms of bactericide
| plural | bactericides |
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Origin of bactericide
From bacterium + -cide.
Questions about bactericide
- What does bactericide mean?
- Bactericide means any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
- What is bactericide in Tamil?
- Bactericide in Tamil is நுண்ணுயிர்க்கொல்லி, நுண்மக் கொல்லி, நுண்ணுயிர்க் கொல்லி. See Bactericide meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bactericide?
- Bactericide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bactericide?
- Bactericide is pronounced /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪˌsaɪd/.
- What is the plural of bactericide?
- The plural of bactericide is bactericides.
Words near bactericide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bactericide (page history and authors); bactericide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bactericide (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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