ameba

• enPR: ə-mēʹbə, IPA^(key): /əˈmiːbə/
• Rhymes: -iːbə

ameba (plural amebas or amebae)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of amoeba

• Amoeba is the more widespread spelling of this word in the US.

• abeam

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmeːbɑ/, [ˈɑme̞ːbɑ]
• Hyphenation: a‧me‧ba

ameba

1. (biology) amoeba

From Latin amoeba (“change, alternation, transformation”), from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

ameba f (plural amebe)

1. (biology) amoeba

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ.ba/

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ameba f

1. amoeba (a genus of unicellular protozoa)

• ameba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

ameba f (plural amebas)

1. (biology) amoeba (a genus of unicellular protozoa)

• IPA^(key): /aměːba/

améba f (Cyrillic spelling аме́ба)

1. amoeba

• amibo

From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ).

• IPA^(key): /aˈmeba/, [aˈmeβa]
• Rhymes: -eβa

ameba f (plural amebas)

1. amoeba

• amebiano

• “ameba” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Borrowed from English amoeba.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈmɛba/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈmeːba/, /aˈmɛba/

ameba m (plural amebas or amebâu)

1. amoeba