prokaryotic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pro-

English karyon

English -ote

English prokaryote

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English prokaryotic

From prokaryote + -ic.

Adjective

prokaryotic (not comparable)

1. Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
2. Of cells, lacking a nucleus.

Synonyms

• bacterial

Antonyms

• eukaryotic

Derived terms

• nonprokaryotic
• picoprokaryotic
• prokaryotically

Related terms

• prokaryote

Translations

of cells, lacking a nucleus

• Catalan: procariota, procariòtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原核的 (yuánhé de)

• Czech: prokaryotický
• Dutch: prokaryoot (nl), prokaryotisch
• Finnish: prokaryoottinen, esitumallinen
• Greek: προκαρυωτικός (el) m (prokaryotikós)
• Italian: procariotico (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: navikdestpêkî f

• Polish: prokariotyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: procariótico (pt)
• Spanish: procariótico
• Welsh: procaryotig