fungi
Syllables: fun·giUK/ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ//ˈfund͡ʒi/
fungi noun: spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound. Also the plural of fungus.
Noun (1)
fungi
Noun (2)
fungi (uncountable)
- A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
Also used as
fungi is also the plural of fungus.
fungi is also the alternative spelling of fungee.
fungi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fungi in Hindi
- कवक
fungi in Tamil
- பூஞ்சைகள்
fungi in Marathi
- बुरशी
fungi in Urdu
- پھپھوندی, فنگی
More languagesFewer languages
- fungi in Bengali
- ছত্রাক
- fungi in Telugu
- శిలీంధ్రాలు
- fungi in Kannada
- ಶಿಲೀಂಧ್ರಗಳು, ಶಿಲೀಂಧ್ರಗಳ
- fungi in Punjabi
- ਫੰਜਾਈ, ਫ਼ੰਜਾਈ
- fungi in Gujarati
- ફૂગ
- fungi in Odia
- ଫଙ୍ଗିସ୍
- fungi in Nepali
- फङ्गी, फङ्गिस
Examples of fungi in a sentence
- While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
- The designation loculoascomycetes was first proposed for all fungi which have ascolocular development.
- When pruning a tree, stub cuts delay wound closure and can provide entry to canker fungi that kill the cambium, delaying or preventing woundwood formation.
Synonyms of fungi
Origin of fungi
Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).
See fungee. Sense 2 (“style of folk and popular music”) is apparently from the fact that the music is a blend of different musical instruments and styles, just as the dish (sense 1) is a blend of different flavours.
Words formed from fungi
Phrases with fungi
- cup fungi
- fly fungi
- sac fungi
- club fungi
- dark fungi
- hoof fungi
- rust fungi
- snow fungi
- coral fungi
- ghost fungi
- honey fungi
- jelly fungi
20 more phrasesFewer phrases
- shelf fungi
- tooth fungi
- sulfur fungi
- whisky fungi
- zombie fungi
- bracket fungi
- shotgun fungi
- sulphur fungi
- whiskey fungi
- ambrosia fungi
- bootlace fungi
- cinnamon fungi
- artillery fungi
- imperfect fungi
- cannonball fungi
- clavarioid fungi
- bird's nest fungi
- golden jelly fungi
- yellow brain fungi
- toothed jelly fungi
Words that rhyme with fungi
Questions about fungi
- What does fungi mean?
- Fungi means spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
- What is fungi in Hindi?
- Fungi in Hindi is कवक. See Fungi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fungi?
- Fungi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fungi?
- Fungi is pronounced /ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ/ (UK).
Words near fungi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fungi (page history and authors); fungi (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungi (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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