actinomycete
/ˌæktɪnəˈmaɪsiːt/noun
actinomycete is a noun meaning “Any of various filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria, of the order Actinomycetales, that resemble fungi. Some actinomycetes are pathogens and some are…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-C-T-I-N-O-M-Y-C-E-T-E, and it appears about once in every 68 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of actinomycete is actinomycetes.
What does actinomycete mean?
noun
- 1
Any of various filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria, of the order Actinomycetales, that resemble fungi. Some actinomycetes are pathogens and some are sources of antibiotics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce actinomycete?
- /ˌæktɪnəˈmaɪsiːt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of actinomycete
- actinomycetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is actinomycete?
Actinomycete appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Actinomycete in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bacteria of the order Actinomycetales:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | actinomicete |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does actinomycete come from?
From actino- + -mycete.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).