biome

See also: Biome

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ -ome

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.oʊm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

biome (plural biomes)

1. Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.
2. All the genomes of such a community.

Derived terms

• agrobiome
• anthropobiome
• bathome
• enterobiome
• glycobiome
• holobiome
• macrobiome
• metabiome
• microbiome
• mycobiome
• nanobiome
• necrobiome
• pathobiome
• pedobiome
• phytobiome
• psychobiome
• rhizobiome
• urobiome
• zonobiome

 

Translations

biological community

• Catalan: bioma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 生物羣落 (sang¹ mat⁶ kwan⁴ lok⁶)

• Czech: biom (cs) m
• Danish: biom (da) n
• Dutch: bioom (nl) n
• Esperanto: biomo
• Finnish: biomi (fi)
• French: biome (fr) m
• Galician: bioma
• German: Biom (de) n
• Indonesian: bioma
• Irish: bithóm m
• Italian: bioma (it) m
• Malay: biom
• Polish: biom (pl) m
• Portuguese: bioma (pt) m
• Romanian: biom n
• Russian: биом (ru) m (biom)
• Spanish: bioma (es) m
• Swedish: biom (sv) n
• Thai: ชีวนิเวศ (chii-wá-ní-wêet)
• Ukrainian: біом m (biom)

French

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -ome.

Pronunciation

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Noun

biome m (plural biomes)

1. biome