lactobacille
French, noun/lak.tɔ.ba.sij/
lactobacille is spelled L-A-C-T-O-B-A-C-I-L-L-E (12 letters). Lactobacille is a French masculine noun meaning “lactobacillus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de bactérie gram positive en bâtonnet, immobile, anaérobie facultative qui a la capacité de…”.
What does lactobacille mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelactobacillus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de bactérie gram positive en bâtonnet, immobile, anaérobie facultative qui a la capacité de transformer le lactose en acide lactique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lactobacille
- lactobacilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lactobacille?
- /lak.tɔ.ba.sij/
- \lak.tɔ.ba.sil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.