unicellular

See also: unicel·lular

English

Etymology

From uni- +‎ cellular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːnɪˈsɛljʊlə(ɹ)/

Adjective

unicellular (not comparable)

1. (biology) Describing any microorganism that has a single cell.

   Synonyms: single-celled, monocellular

   Antonym: multicellular

Translations

having a single cell

• Afrikaans: eensellig
• Armenian: միաբջիջ (hy) (miabǰiǰ)
• Belarusian: аднакле́тачны (adnakljétačny)
• Bulgarian: еднокле́тъчен (ednoklétǎčen)
• Catalan: unicel·lular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單細胞的／单细胞的 (zh) (dānxìbāo de)

• Czech: jednobuněčný (cs)
• Danish: encellet (da)
• Dutch: ééncellig
• Finnish: yksisoluinen (fi)
• French: unicellulaire (fr) m or f
• Galician: unicelular (gl)
• Georgian: ერთუჯრედიანი (ertuǯrediani)
• German: einzellig (de)
• Greek: μονοκύτταρος (el) (monokýttaros)
• Hungarian: egysejtű (hu)
• Ido: monocelulala
• Irish: aoncheallach
• Italian: unicellulare (it)
• Japanese: 単細胞の (ja) (たんさいぼうの, tansaibō no)
• Korean: 단세포의 (dansepoui)
• Macedonian: едноклеточен (ednokletočen)
• Malay:

  Jawi: براونيسيل

  Rumi: berunisel

• Manx: un-chillagagh, un-chelleenagh
• Maori: pūtautahi
• Marathi: एकपेशीय (mr) (ekapeśīya)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: encellet (no), encella (no)

• Polish: jednokomórkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: unicelular (pt)
• Romanian: unicelular (ro)
• Russian: однокле́точный (ru) (odnoklétočnyj), уницеллюля́рный (unicelljuljárnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: једноста̀ничан

  Roman: jednostàničan (sh)

• Slovak: jednobunkový (sk)
• Slovene: enoceličen
• Spanish: unicelular (es)
• Swedish: encellig (sv)
• Turkish: tek hücreli (tr), bir hücreli (tr)
• Ukrainian: однокліти́нний (odnoklitýnnyj)

Noun

unicellular (plural unicellulars)

1. A single-celled organism; a unicell.
   • 1931, Ezra Bowen, An hypothesis of population growth:

     Among unicellulars, the rate of increase is beyond belief.

   • 1986, Johan A J Metz, O Diekmann, The dynamics of physiologically structured populations:

     In unicellulars the uncoupling of the various nutritional and energy sources is much more widely spread.

   • 2006, J Arthur Thomson, Heredity:

     More or less distinct specialisation of reproductive elements in some unicellulars.

Translations

single-celled organism

• Dutch: ééncellige m
• Georgian: ერთუჯრედიანი ორგანიზმი (ertuǯrediani organizmi)
• German: Einzeller (de) m
• Hungarian: egysejtű (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: yekxaneyî

• Malay:

  Jawi: اونيسيل (ms)

  Rumi: unisel (ms)

• Maori: pūtautahi
• Polish: jednokomórkowiec (pl) m
• Swedish: encellig organism (sv) c
• Telugu: ఏకకణజీవి (ēkakaṇajīvi)
• Welsh: ungellog (cy)