fungus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) mushroom; fungus
2. (declension-2, masculine) fungal growth or infection
3. (declension-2, masculine) candle-snuff
4. (declension-2, derogatory, figuratively, masculine) dolt, idiot

Concepts

mushroom

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fungus

toadstool

fung

cryptogam

calimocho

mold

mould

Synonyms

boletus

Translations

fungo

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Pilz

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champignon

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cogumelo

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hongo

mantar

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bolet

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μανιτάρι

zwam

seta

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fong

paddenstoel

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فُطْر

μύκητας

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfʊŋ.ɡʊs]

Etymology

Originally *sfungus. Along with Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos), "sponge" (whence Latin spongia), σφόγγος (sphóngos), and Old Armenian սունկն (sunkn), likely a loanword from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Possibly also related to Georgian სოკო (soḳo), Tsez зикӏу (zik’u), Bezhta сакӏо (sakʼo), Moksha панга (panga) and Erzya панго (pango, “mushroom”). Linguists such as Kluge and Kroonen have suggested a connection to English swamp and its Germanic cognates.