bacilo

• IPA^(key): [ˈbat͡sɪlo]

bacilo

1. neuter singular past active participle of bacit

• IPA^(key): /baˈt͡silo/

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ba‧ci‧lo

bacilo (accusative singular bacilon, plural baciloj, accusative plural bacilojn)

1. bacillus

   Hypernym: bakterio

Borrowed from Latin bacillum.

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ci‧lo

bacilo m (plural bacilos)

1. bacillus (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)

• “bacilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bacilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin bacillum.

• IPA^(key): /baˈθilo/ [baˈθi.lo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /baˈsilo/ [baˈsi.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ba‧ci‧lo

bacilo m (plural bacilos)

1. (bacteriology) bacillus

• “bacilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025