micelle

English

Alternative forms

• micell (dated)
• micella

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin micella, from mica (“crumb”) + -ella

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈsɛl/, /məˈsɛl/

Noun

micelle (plural micelles)

1. (chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration

Derived terms

• critical micelle concentration
• hemimicelle
• micellar
• micellize
• micromicelle
• nanomicelle
• pseudomicelle
• submicelle

 

Translations

colloidal aggregate

• Czech: micela f
• Finnish: miselli (fi)
• French: micelle (fr) f
• German: Mizelle (de) f
• Italian: micella (it) f
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• Polish: micela (pl) f
• Portuguese: micela (pt) f
• Russian: мице́лла (ru) f (micélla)
• Spanish: micela f
• Swedish: micell c

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French

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin mīca, with the suffix -elle, or borrowed from New Latin micella.

Noun

micelle f (plural micelles)

1. micelle

Derived terms

• micellaire f / micellair m

Related terms

• mie

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Italian

Noun

micelle f

1. plural of micella