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fómite

Spanish, noun[ˈfomit̪e]

fómite is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fomite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto inanimado o substancia que es capaz de transmitir un organismo patógeno de un individuo a otro”.

What does fómite mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefomite

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Objeto inanimado o substancia que es capaz de transmitir un organismo patógeno de un individuo a otro.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fómite

  • fómites plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fómite?

  • [ˈfomit̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.