English
A hair follicle and nearby structures
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin folliculus .
Pronunciation
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Noun
follicle (plural follicles )
( anatomy ) A small cavity or sac , such as a hair follicle.
( botany ) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
Derived terms
Translations
anatomy
Afrikaans: follikel
Arabic: حُوَيْصِلَة f ( ḥuwayṣila )
Egyptian Arabic: حويصلة f ( ḥuwaiṣela )
Catalan: fol·licle (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小囊 (zh) ( xiǎonáng ) , 濾泡 / 滤泡 (zh) , 滤泡 (zh) ( lǜpào ) , ( hair follicle ) 毛囊 (zh) ( máonáng )
Dutch: follikel (nl) m
Esperanto: foliklo
Finnish: ( hair ) tuppi (fi) , ( e.g. ovarian ) rakkula (fi) , follikkeli (fi)
French: follicule (fr) m
Galician: folículo m
German: ( hair ) Haarbalg m , Haarfollikel m
Greek: λεμφοζίδιο n ( lemfozídio )
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Hungarian: tüsző (hu)
Italian: follicolo (it) m
Japanese: 卵胞 (ja) ( らんぽう, ranpō ) , 濾胞 ( ろほう, rohō ) , 小胞 ( しょうほう, shōhō ) , 毛嚢 ( もうのう, mōnō )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çîkildan f , çikildan f
Maori: ruahuru ( of a hair )
Polish: mieszek (pl) m , woreczek (pl) m , pęcherzyk (pl) m , torebka (pl) f , cebulka (pl) f
Portuguese: folículo (pt) m
Russian: фолли́кул (ru) m ( follíkul ) , мешо́чек (ru) m ( mešóček )
Spanish: folículo (es) m
Tocharian B: klokaśce
Vietnamese: nang (vi)
Further reading