cilium

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Noun

cilium (plural cilia)

1. (cytology) A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.

Translations

hairlike organelle

• Bulgarian: ресна (bg) (resna) f
• Czech: řasinka (cs) f, brva (cs) f
• Finnish: värekarva (fi), ripsi (fi)
• Greek: βλεφαρίδα (el) (vlefarída) f

• Russian: ресни́чка (ru) (resníčka) f
• Spanish: cilio (es) m
• Swedish: cilie (sv) c

See also

• flagellum

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).

Noun

cilium (genitive ciliī); n, second declension

1. eyelid

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cilium	cilia
genitive	ciliī	ciliōrum
dative	ciliō	ciliīs
accusative	cilium	cilia
ablative	ciliō	ciliīs
vocative	cilium	cilia

Derived terms

• supercilium

Descendants

• Catalan: cella
• Dalmatian: čeja
• French: cil
• Friulian: cee
• Galician: cella

• Italian: ciglio
• Portuguese: celha, cílio
• Sardinian: chíciu, chígiu
• Spanish: ceja, cejo

References

• cilium in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879