prokaryote

English

A diagram of a typical prokaryote cell, in this case, a bacterium

Etymology

From pro- +‎ Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut, kernel”) +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈkæɹi.əʊt/, /pɹəʊˈkæɹi.ɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈkæɹi.oʊt/, /pɹoʊˈkæɹi.ət/, /pɹoʊˈkɛəɹi.oʊt/
• Hyphenation: pro‧kary‧ote

Noun

prokaryote (plural prokaryotes)

1. An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.
2. In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).

Synonyms

• prokaryota

Antonyms

• eukaryote

Hyponyms

• archaeon
• bacterium

Related terms

• prokaryon
• prokaryotic

Translations

organism characterized by absence of nucleus

• Arabic: بِدَائِيَّات النَّوَى (bidāʔiyyāt an-nawā)
• Catalan: procariota m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 原核生物 (jyun⁴ hat⁶ sang¹ mat⁶)

  Mandarin: 原核生物 (zh) (yuánhéshēngwù)

• Finnish: prokaryootti (fi), prokariootti, alkeistumallinen, esitumainen, tumaton (fi)
• French: procaryote (fr) m
• Georgian: პროკარიოტი (ṗroḳarioṭi)
• German: Prokaryot (de) m
• Greek: προκαρυώτης m (prokaryótis)
• Icelandic: dreifkjörnungur m
• Ido: prokarioto (io)
• Italian: procariote (it) m
• Japanese: 原核生物 (ja) (げんかくせいぶつ, genkaku-seibutsu)
• Khmer: ប្រូការីយ៉ូត (km) (proukaariiyout)
• Korean: 원핵생물(原核生物) (ko) (wonhaeksaengmul)
• Latin: prokaryota
• Occitan: procariòta m
• Polish: prokariont (pl) m
• Portuguese: procarionte (pt) m, procarioto m
• Quechua: kawsaykuq hukinnaq
• Romanian: procariot (ro) n
• Russian: прокарио́та f (prokarióta)
• Spanish: procariota (es) f, procarionte (es) m
• Swedish: prokaryot (sv)
• Vietnamese: sinh vật nhân sơ (vi)