coccus

See also: Coccus and -coccus

English

Etymology

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Pre-Greekder.?
Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos)bor.
Latin coccum
New Latin coccuslbor.
English coccus

    Learned borrowing from New Latin coccus, from Latin coccum (“a berry yielding a scarlet dye”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”), possibly from Pre-Greek. First attested in 1765.

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: kŏk′əs; IPA(key): /ˈkɒk.əs/
      • (US) IPA(key): [ˈkʰɑkəs]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɒkəs
    • Homophone: caucus (cot–caught merger)
    • Hyphenation: coc‧cus

    Noun

    coccus (plural cocci)

    1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
    2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
      Synonym: (obsolete) coque

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    Further reading

    • “coccus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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