organelle

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Noun

organelle (plural organelles)

1. (cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).

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Translations

a membrane bound compartment found within cells

• Catalan: orgànul (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胞器 (cmn)

• Czech: organela (cs) f
• Dutch: organel (nl)
• Finnish: soluelin (fi)
• French: organite (fr) m
• German: Organell (de) n, Organelle (de) f

• Icelandic: frumulíffæri (is) n
• Japanese: 細胞小器官 (ja) (さいぼうしょうきかん, saibō shōkikan)
• Macedonian: органела (mk) (organéla) f
• Serbo-Croatian: orgànela (sh) f
• Spanish: orgánulo (es), organelo (es) m, elemento celular (es) m
• Turkish: organel (tr)

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French

Noun

organelle m (plural organelles)

1. (cytology) organelle

Synonyms

• organite