mitocondrial

Catalan

Etymology

From mitocondri +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

mitocondrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mitocondrials)

1. mitochondrial

Further reading

• “mitocondrial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mitocondrial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mitocondrial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician mitocondria

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālem

Old Galician-Portuguese -al

Galician -al

Galician mitocondrial

From mitocondria + -al.

Adjective

mitocondrial m or f (plural mitocondriais)

1. (cytology) mitochondrial

Portuguese

Etymology

From mitocôndria (“mitochondrion”) + -al (“of or relating to”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.to.kõ.dɾiˈaw/ [mi.to.kõ.dɾiˈaʊ̯], (faster) /mi.to.kõˈdɾjaw/ [mi.to.kõˈdɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.tu.kõ.dɾiˈal/ [mi.tu.kõ.dɾiˈaɫ], (faster) /mi.tu.kõˈdɾjal/ [mi.tu.kõˈdɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.tu.kõ.dɾiˈal/ [mi.tu.kõ.dɾiˈaɫ], (faster) /mi.tu.kõˈdɾjal/ [mi.tu.kõˈdɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.tu.kõ.dɾiˈa.li/, (faster) /mi.tu.kõˈdɾja.li/

• Hyphenation: mi‧to‧con‧dri‧al

Adjective

mitocondrial m or f (plural mitocondriais, not comparable)

1. (cytology) mitochondrial (of or relating to mitochondria)

Further reading

• “mitocondrial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mitocondrial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mitochondrial.

Adjective

mitocondrial m or n (feminine singular mitocondrială, masculine plural mitocondriali, feminine/neuter plural mitocondriale)

1. mitochondrial

Declension

Declension of mitocondrial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mitocondrial		mitocondrială	mitocondriali	mitocondriale
	definite	mitocondrialul		mitocondriala	mitocondrialii	mitocondrialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mitocondrial		mitocondriale	mitocondriali	mitocondriale
	definite	mitocondrialului		mitocondrialei	mitocondrialilor	mitocondrialelor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish mitocondria

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish mitocondrial

From mitocondria + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mitokonˈdɾjal/ [mi.t̪o.kõn̪ˈd̪ɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mi‧to‧con‧drial

Adjective

mitocondrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mitocondriales)

1. (cytology) mitochondrial
   • 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 February 2026:

     Una coenzima que existe en todas las células vivas, NAD+ juega un papel central en los procesos biológicos del cuerpo, como regular la energía celular, aumentar la sensibilidad a la insulina y revertir la disfunción mitocondrial.

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Further reading

• “mitocondrial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025