ribosome

English

Etymology

From ribonucleic (acid) + Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪbəˌsoʊm/

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Noun

ribosome (plural ribosomes)

1. (biology, cytology) Small organelles found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA. [from 20th c.]

Translations

organelle

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 核糖體, 核糖体 (hat⁶ tong⁴ tai²), 核糖核蛋白體, 核糖核蛋白体 (hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ daan^6-2 bak⁶ tai²) (dated), 核蛋白體, 核蛋白体 (hat⁶ daan^6-2 bak⁶ tai²) (dated)

  Mandarin: 核糖體 (zh), 核糖体 (zh) (hétángtǐ), 核糖核蛋白體, 核糖核蛋白体 (hétáng hédànbáitǐ) (dated), 核蛋白體, 核蛋白体 (hédànbáitǐ) (dated)

• Czech: ribozom m
• Esperanto: ribosomo
• Finnish: ribosomi (fi)
• French: ribosome (fr) m
• German: Ribosom (de) n
• Hungarian: riboszóma (hu)

• Icelandic: netkorn
• Italian: ribosoma (it) m
• Japanese: リボソーム (ribosōmu)
• Maori: tuipūmua
• Portuguese: ribossomo (pt), ribossoma (pt)
• Russian: рибосо́ма (ru) f (ribosóma)
• Spanish: ribosoma (es) m
• Swedish: ribosom (sv) c
• Tagalog: ribolawas

Derived terms

• polyribosome

Related terms

• ribosomal
• ribosomic

Anagrams

• bosomier, broomies

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French

Noun

ribosome m (plural ribosomes)

1. ribosome