different between parasite vs ameba

English

Etymology

From Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”), from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from ???? (pará, “beside”) + ????? (sîtos, “food”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæ???sa?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæ???sa?t/, /?p????sa?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Hyphenation: par?a?site

Noun

parasite (plural parasites)

1. (derogatory) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger

2. (derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on.
3. (biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.

   Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites.

4. (literary, poetic) A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. [from 19th c.]
5. (historical) A retainer or companion of an ancient Celtic warrior, who praised him in song or poetry at gatherings; a bard.
6. (aviation) A component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air-launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of the carrier.

Antonyms

• commensal (doing no noticeable harm)
• mutualist or sometimes symbiote (beneficial)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• symbiont
• obligate
• facultative

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “parasite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• aspirate, pastiera, septaria

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.?a.zit/
• Homophones: parasitent, parasites

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin paras?tus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ????????? (parásitos).

Noun

parasite m (plural parasites)

1. parasite

Adjective

parasite (plural parasites)

1. parasitic

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Romanian: parazit
• ? Turkish: parazit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

parasite

1. inflection of parasiter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “parasite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

paras?te

1. vocative singular of paras?tus

Portuguese

Verb

parasite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of parasitar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of parasitar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of parasitar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of parasitar

Spanish

Verb

parasite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of parasitar.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-m??b?, IPA^(key): /??mi?b?/
• Rhymes: -i?b?

Noun

ameba (plural amebas or amebae)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

• Ambae, abeam

Finnish

(index am)

Alternative forms

• ameeba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??me(?)b?/, [??me?(?)b?]
• Rhymes: -?meb?
• Syllabification: a?me?ba

Noun

ameba

1. (biology) amoeba

Declension

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

ameba f (plural amebe)

1. (biology) amoeba

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?m?.ba/

Noun

ameba f

1. amoeba (member of the genus Amoeba)

   Synonym: pe?zak

2. (more generally) amoeba, amoeboid (unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape)

   Synonym: pe?zak

Declension

Further reading

• ameba in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ameba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

ameba f (plural amebas)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am??ba/

Noun

améba f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. amoeba

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• amibo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (amoib?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?meba/, [a?me.??a]
• Rhymes: -eba

Noun

ameba f (plural amebas)

1. amoeba

Derived terms

• amebiano

Further reading

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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English amoeba.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /a?m?ba/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /a?me?ba/, /a?m?ba/

Noun

ameba m (plural amebas or amebâu)

1. amoeba

Mutation