petri dish
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The meaning (definition) of the word petri dish
a shallow round dish used to grow bacteria
The word petri dish used in a sentence
“Scientists grow tiny bugs called bacteria inside a petri dish.”
The plural of the word petri dish
petri dishes
How the word petri dish is said around the world
| French | boîte de Petri (bwaht duh puht-REE) |
| Spanish | placa de Petri (PLAH-kah thay PAYT-ree) |
| Mandarin | 培养皿 (pay yahng meen) |
| Hindi | पेट्री डिश (PAYT-ree dish) |
| Arabic | طبق بتري (TAH-bahk btree) |
| Russian | чашка Петри (CHYAHSH-kah PYAYT-ryi) |
| Portuguese (EU) | placa de Petri (PLAH-kuh di pit-REE) |
| Portuguese (BR) | placa de Petri (PLAH-ka jew payt-REE) |
| Japanese | ペトリ皿 (pay-toh-ree-SAH-rah) |
| German | Petrischale (PET-ri-shah-luh) |
| Urdu | پیٹری ڈش (PAYT-ree dish) |
| Punjabi | ਪੈਟਰੀ ਡਿਸ਼ (PE-tuh-ree dish) |
| Korean | 페트리 접시 (PAY-tu-ree JUB-see) |
| Hebrew | צלחת פטרי |
| Greek | τρυβλίο Πέτρι (treev-LEE-oh PEH-tree) |
| Dutch | petrischaal (pet-ris-KHAHL) |
| Tagalog | pinggan na petri (PEENG-gahn nah PET-ree) |
| Vietnamese | đĩa petri (DEE-uh petree) |
| Turkish | petri kabı (pet-RI kah-BU) |
| Persian | ظرف پتری (zahrf PAHT-ree) |
| Polish | szalka Petriego (SHAHL-kah petr-YE-gaw) |
| Ukrainian | чашка Петрі (CHAHSH-kah PET-ree) |
| Bengali | পেট্রি ডিশ (PAYT-ree deesh) |
| Swedish | petriskål (PET-ris-kohl) |
| Italian | piastra di Petri (PYAHST-rah di PET-ri) |
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