pneumococ

Catalan

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ coc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [nəw.muˈko̞k]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəw.moˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [nəw.muˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [new.moˈkɔk]

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧coc

Noun

pneumococ m (plural pneumococs)

1. (bacteriology) pneumococcus

   Hypernyms: estreptococ, diplococ

References

• “pneumococ” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pneumococ”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō

Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn)

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Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō)influ.

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Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.

Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn)der.

French pneumo-

Pre-Greekder.?

Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos)bor.

Latin coccum

New Latin coccusder.

French -coque

French pneumocoquebor.

Romanian pneumococ

Borrowed from French pneumocoque. By surface analysis, pneumo- + -coc.

Noun

pneumococ m (plural pneumococi)

1. pneumococcus

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pneumococ	pneumococul	pneumococi	pneumococii
genitive-dative	pneumococ	pneumococului	pneumococi	pneumococilor
vocative	pneumococule		pneumococilor