mycelium

See also: mycélium

English

Etymology

Scientific Latin, from Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”) +‎ -ium (with inserted -l- perhaps after e.g. epithelium).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɪˈsi.li.əm/

Noun

mycelium (plural mycelia)

  1. The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mycelium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪt͡sɛlɪjum]

Noun

mycelium n

  1. mycelium
    Synonym: podhoubí

Declension
Declension of mycelium (semisoft neuter foreign)
singular plural
nominative mycelium mycelia
genitive mycelia mycelií
dative myceliu myceliím
accusative mycelium mycelia
vocative mycelium mycelia
locative myceliu myceliích
instrumental myceliem mycelii

Further reading
  • mycelium in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mycelium in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mycelium in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mycelium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miˈseː.li.ʏm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: my‧ce‧li‧um

Noun

mycelium n (plural mycelia)

  1. mycelium

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mycelium n (definite singular myceliet, indefinite plural mycelier, definite plural mycelia or myceliene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by mycel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mycelium n (definite singular myceliet, indefinite plural mycelium, definite plural mycelia)

  1. (pre-2005) alternative form of mycel
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