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fungal

/ˈfʌŋɡəl/

fungal adjective: of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

Adjective

fungal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
    • Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.
    Synonyms:
    fungous, mycotic

Noun

fungal (plural fungals)

  1. (archaic) A fungus.
    • Fungals are distinguished from Lichens by their more fugitive nature, their more succulent texture, their want of a thallus or expansion independent of the part that bears the reproductive matter, […]1847, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom: Second Edition, with Corrections, page 30
    • Fungals are, however, among the more useful friends of man as food, and among his most dangerous enemies as parasites, destroying the sources of his food.1856, John Lindley, Medical and Oeconomical Botany: With Numerous Illustrations, page 9

fungal meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Telugu and Gujarati

fungal in Marathi

बुरशीजन्य

fungal in Urdu

فنگل

fungal in Telugu

ఫంగల్

fungal in Gujarati

ફંગલ
More languagesFewer languages
fungal in Odia
ଫଙ୍ଗାଲ୍, ଫଙ୍ଗାଲ, ଫଙ୍ଗଲ୍
fungal in Nepali
फङ्गाल

Examples of fungal in a sentence

  • The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
  • Today, one in five of all known fungal species form lichens, or "lichenize".
  • A fungal computer may sound fantastical, but 'biocomputing' is a fast-growing field.

All 40 example sentences with fungal

Synonyms of fungal

Antonyms

Forms of fungal

pluralfungals

Origin of fungal

From fungus + -al.

Words formed from fungal

Questions about fungal

What does fungal mean?
Fungal means of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
What is fungal in Marathi?
Fungal in Marathi is बुरशीजन्य. See Fungal meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is fungal?
Fungal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce fungal?
Fungal is pronounced /ˈfʌŋɡəl/.

Words near fungal in the dictionary

  1. funga
  2. fungaceous
  3. fungaemia
  4. fungaemias
  5. fungaemic
  6. fungal
  7. fungal acne
  8. fungally
  9. fungals
  10. fungalysin
  11. fungalysins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fungal (page history and authors); fungal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungal (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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