fungus
/ˈfʌŋɡəs/noun
उच्चारण फ़ंगस
कवक, फफूँद
Core word
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[C, U]
any plant without leaves, flowers or green colouring, usually growing on other plants or on decaying matter, for example mushrooms
कवक, फफूँद
- fungi like mushrooms and yeast
- Green fungus had spread across the damp bathroom wall during the monsoon.
- A white fungus had grown on the damp wall.
+ 2 more examples
- Some kinds of fungus are safe to eat, but others are poisonous.
- Fungus spreads quickly in warm, humid weather.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
fungus (singular) / fungi (plural)
Fungus is the singular noun for plants such as mushrooms and mould. The plural is fungi (or, informally, funguses). Fungi is pronounced with a soft g or a hard g, and both are accepted.
'Fungus' एकवचन है, जो मशरूम और फफूँद जैसे जीवों के लिए आता है। इसका बहुवचन 'fungi' है (अनौपचारिक रूप से 'funguses')।
- A fungus was growing on the damp wall.
- Some fungi are good to eat, but others are poisonous.
fungus of / on + host
Use on for the place where a fungus grows: on bread, on a tree, on skin.
Fungus जहाँ उगता है, उसे बताने के लिए 'on' आता है: रोटी पर, पेड़ पर, त्वचा पर।
- A white fungus covered the old bread.
- The tree was attacked by a fungus.
fungus (uncountable: type of growth)
In scientific writing, fungus can refer to the group as a whole and is used as an uncountable noun, as in fungus growth.
वैज्ञानिक लेखन में 'fungus' पूरे समूह के लिए भी आ सकता है, जैसे 'fungus growth'।
- Fungus grows fast in warm, wet weather.
fungal / fungicide
The related adjective is fungal, and a chemical that kills fungus is a fungicide.
संबंधित विशेषण 'fungal' है, और फफूँद मारने वाले रसायन को 'fungicide' कहते हैं।
- He has a fungal infection on his foot.
- Farmers spray the crop with a fungicide.
+Collocations 5
adjective + fungus
harmfulediblepoisonouswhitegreenmicroscopic
- A poisonous fungus grew near the roots of the tree.
verb + fungus
growspreadkilldestroycausetreat
- Damp walls let fungus spread quickly.
fungus + noun
infectiongrowthsporesdiseasecell
- A fungus infection can spread between children.
fungus + place
on breadon a treeon the skinin soilin damp rooms
- Fungus appears on bread left in a damp kitchen.
kind of fungus
mushroommouldyeasttoadstoolmildew
- Yeast is a fungus used to make bread rise.
“More examples 5
- The farmer lost half his wheat to a fungus.
किसान की आधी गेहूँ की फसल फफूँद से नष्ट हो गई।
- Bread kept in a damp place grows a green fungus in a few days.
नम स्थान पर रखी रोटी कुछ दिनों में हरी फफूँद उगा लेती है।
- Radhika's biology teacher showed fungi under a microscope.
राधिका के जीव विज्ञान के शिक्षक ने सूक्ष्मदर्शी से फफूँद दिखाई।
- Penicillin was discovered from a fungus.
पेनिसिलिन की खोज एक फफूँद से हुई थी।
- A fungus on the roof tiles turned black during the monsoon.
मानसून के दौरान छत की टाइलों पर उगी फफूँद काली हो गई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Many fungus grow in the rainy season.
✓ Many fungi grow in the rainy season.
The plural of fungus is fungi.
'Fungus' का बहुवचन 'fungi' है।
✗ A fungi is growing on the wall.
✓ A fungus is growing on the wall.
Use the singular fungus after a.
'A' के बाद एकवचन 'fungus' आता है।
§Grammar and usage
Plural fungi (/ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/); science: penicillin, the first antibiotic, comes from a fungus (Alexander Fleming, 1928).
Plural fungi (/ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/); विज्ञान में पहला antibiotic penicillin एक कवक से मिला (Alexander Fleming, 1928)।