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placa de Petri

Spanish, noun/ˌplaka de ˈpetɾi/

placa de Petri is spelled P-L-A-C-A-D-E-P-E-T-R-I (12 letters). Placa de Petri is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Petri dish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does placa de Petri mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininePetri dish

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Recipiente redondo de cristal con una tapa de la misma forma, para que se pueda colocar encima y cerrar el recipiente, aunque no de forma hermética.

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 placa de Petri

  • placas de Petri plural

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

How do you pronounce placa de Petri?

  • /ˌplaka de ˈpetɾi/
  • [ˌpla.ka ð̞e ˈpe.t̪ɾi]
  • [ˈplaka ð̞e ˈpet̪ɾi]

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

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