vacuole

English

Etymology

From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/

Noun

vacuole (plural vacuoles)

(cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.

Derived terms

Translations

large membrane-bound vesicle

Chinese:
Mandarin: 液泡 (zh) (yèpào)
Czech: vakuola (cs) f
Dutch: vacuole (nl) f
Esperanto: vakuolo
Finnish: vakuoli (fi)
French: vacuole (fr) f
Galician: vacúolo m
German: Vakuole f
Hebrew: חלולית‎ f (khalulít)
Hungarian: sejtnedvüreg (hu)

Ido: vakuolo (io)
Japanese: 液胞 (ja) (えきほう, ekihō)
Maori: miru
Portuguese: vacúolo m
Russian: вакуо́ль (ru) f (vakuólʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: vakùōla (sh) f
Tagalog: lungkag
Telugu: రిక్తిక (riktika)
Turkish: koful (tr)
Ukrainian: вакуо́ля (uk) f (vakuólja)

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