pluricelular

Galician

Etymology

From pluri- +‎ celular.

Adjective

pluricelular m or f (plural pluricelulares)

1. (biology) multicellular

   Synonym: multicelular

   Antonym: unicelular

Related terms

• célula

Further reading

• “pluricelular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From pluri- +‎ celular.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(ʁ)/ [ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(ʁ)/ [ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(ʁ)/ [ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.sɨ.luˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.sɨ.luˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌplu.ɾi.sɨ.luˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

pluricelular m or f (plural pluricelulares)

1. (biology) multicellular

   Antonym: unicelular

Related terms

• célula

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pluricellulaire.

Adjective

pluricelular m or n (feminine singular pluricelulară, masculine plural pluricelulari, feminine/neuter plural pluricelulare)

1. pluricellular

Declension

Declension of pluricelular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pluricelular		pluricelulară	pluricelulari	pluricelulare
	definite	pluricelularul		pluricelulara	pluricelularii	pluricelularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pluricelular		pluricelulare	pluricelulari	pluricelulare
	definite	pluricelularului		pluricelularei	pluricelularilor	pluricelularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From pluri- +‎ celular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pluɾiθeluˈlaɾ/ [plu.ɾi.θe.luˈlaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pluɾiseluˈlaɾ/ [plu.ɾi.se.luˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: plu‧ri‧ce‧lu‧lar

Adjective

pluricelular m or f (masculine and feminine plural pluricelulares)

1. (biology) multicellular

Related terms

• célula

Further reading

• “pluricelular”, 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