ribosome

English

Etymology

ribo- +‎ -some

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

ribosome (plural ribosomes)

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

Derived terms

• cytoribosome
• mitoribosome
• polyribosome
• ribosomal
• ribosomic
• ribosomopathy
• subribosome

 

Translations

organelle

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: ribosoma m
• 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 (cs) m
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: ribosomo
• Finnish: ribosomi (fi)
• French: ribosome (fr) m
• German: Ribosom (de) n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: riboszóma (hu)

• Icelandic: netkorn
• Italian: ribosoma (it) m
• Japanese: リボソーム (ribosōmu)
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: ribosoma f
• Maori: tuipūmua
• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: ribossomo (pt), ribossoma (pt)
• Romanian: ribozom (ro) m
• Russian: рибосо́ма (ru) f (ribosóma)
• Spanish: ribosoma (es) m
• Swedish: ribosom (sv) c
• Tagalog: ribolawas
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ribozom (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• bosomier, broomies

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Noun

ribosome m (plural ribosomes)

1. ribosome