Translingual

Proper noun

Fungi

1. A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota – the mushrooms and funguses, over 100,000 species of organisms that are similar to plants but do not contain chlorophyll.

Hyponyms

• (kingdom): Dikarya, Eomycota - subkingdoms
  • Ascomycota, Basidiomycota; Chytridiomycota, Glomeromycota, Zygomycota - phyla

Coordinate terms

• (kingdoms): Animalia, Plantae, Protozoa, Chromista - kingdoms in Eukaryota

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: fŭnʹjī, fŭngʹgī, IPA^(key): /ˈfʌn.dʒaɪ/, /ˈfʌŋ.ɡaɪ/, /ˈfʌŋ.ɡiː/, /ˈfʌn.dʒiː/
• Homophone: fun guy

Noun

fungi

1. plural of fungus
2. (pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound

Usage notes

• There are multiple pronunciations in current English use. More American dictionaries favor the pronunciation /ˈfʌn.dʒaɪ/ or /ˈfʌŋ.gaɪ/, while more British dictionaries favor the pronunciation /ˈfʌŋ.giː/ or /ˈfʌn.dʒiː/. However, all four pronunciations are in use in both countries.

Etymology 2

Noun

fungi ‎(uncountable)

1. (music) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.

Synonyms

• (Virgin Islands music): scratch, quelbe

Etymology 3

Noun

fungi ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of fungee (Caribbean okra dish)

Italian

Verb

fungi

1. second-person singular present indicative of fungere
2. second-person singular imperative of fungere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.ɡiː/, [ˈfʊŋ.ɡiː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.d͡ʒi/

Noun

fungī m

1. genitive singular of fungus
2. locative singular of fungus
3. nominative plural of fungus
4. vocative plural of fungus

Verb

fungī

1. present active infinitive of fungor

References

• FUNGI in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)