simbiosis

Learned borrowing from New Latin symbiosis, from Ancient Greek σῠμβῐ́ωσῐς (sŭmbĭ́ōsĭs, “a living together, companionship”), from συμβιόω (sumbióō, “to live together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /simbiˈosis/ [sim.biˈo.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: sim‧bi‧o‧sis

simbiosis (plural simbiosis-simbiosis)

1. (biology) symbiosis

• “simbiosis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from New Latin symbiosis, from Ancient Greek σῠμβῐ́ωσῐς (sŭmbĭ́ōsĭs, “a living together, companionship”), from συμβιόω (sumbióō, “to live together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”).

simbiosis f (plural simbiosis)

1. (biology) symbiosis

• “simbiosis”, 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