"follicle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒlɪkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈfɒlɪkɫ̩] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑlɪkəl/ [General-American, dialectal] (note: of Canada), [ˈfɑlɪkɫ̩] [General-American, dialectal] (note: of Canada), /ˈfɒlɪkəl/ [Canada, dialectal] (note: of the US), [ˈfɒlɪkɫ̩] [Canada, dialectal] (note: of the US) Audio: en-us-follicle.ogg [California] Forms: follicles [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-der. Latin follis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin folliculusbor. English follicle Borrowed from Latin folliculus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:folliculus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-der. Latin follis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin folliculusbor. English follicle [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "purse, sack", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰelǵʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "follis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kelos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "folliculus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "follicle", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="follicle"> Borrowed from Latin folliculus. Head templates: {{en-noun}} follicle (plural follicles)
  1. (anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. Translations (anatomy): follikel (Afrikaans), حُوَيْصِلَة (ḥuwayṣila) [feminine] (Arabic), حويصلة (ḥuwaiṣela) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), fol·licle [masculine] (Catalan), 小囊 (xiǎonáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 濾泡 /滤泡 (lǜpào) (Chinese Mandarin), 毛囊 (máonáng) (english: hair follicle) (Chinese Mandarin), folikul [masculine] (Czech), váček [masculine] (Czech), follikel [masculine] (Dutch), foliklo (Esperanto), tuppi (english: hair) (Finnish), (e.g. ovarian) rakkula (Finnish), follikkeli (Finnish), follicule [masculine] (French), folículo [masculine] (Galician), Haarbalg (english: hair) [masculine] (German), Haarfollikel [masculine] (German), λεμφοζίδιο (lemfozídio) [neuter] (Greek), tüsző (Hungarian), szőrtüsző (Hungarian), follicolo [masculine] (Italian), 卵胞 (ranpō) (alt: らんぽう) (Japanese), 濾胞 (rohō) (alt: ろほう) (Japanese), 小胞 (shōhō) (alt: しょうほう) (Japanese), 毛嚢 (mōnō) (alt: もうのう) (Japanese), ruahuru (note: of a hair) (Māori), çîkildan [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), çikildan [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), mieszek [masculine] (Polish), woreczek [masculine] (Polish), pęcherzyk [masculine] (Polish), torebka [feminine] (Polish), cebulka [feminine] (Polish), folículo [masculine] (Portuguese), фолли́кул (follíkul) [masculine] (Russian), мешо́чек (mešóček) [masculine] (Russian), folículo [masculine] (Spanish), klokaśce (Tocharian B), nang (Vietnamese)
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  2. (botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants. Translations (botany): fol·licle [masculine] (Catalan), 蓇葖 (gǔtú) (Chinese Mandarin), měchýřek [masculine] (Czech), kokevrucht [feminine] (Dutch), foliklo (Esperanto), tuppilo (Finnish), follicule [masculine] (French), folículo [masculine] (Galician), Balgfrucht [feminine] (German), tüsző (Hungarian), tüszőtermés (Hungarian), follicolo [masculine] (Italian), 袋果 (taika) (alt: たいか) (Japanese), 골돌과 (goldolgwa) (alt: 蓇葖果) (Korean), mieszek [masculine] (Polish), folículo [masculine] (Portuguese), стручо́к (stručók) [masculine] (Russian), мешо́чек (mešóček) [masculine] (Russian), folículo [masculine] (Spanish), bingkasbunga (Tagalog), листя́нка (lystjánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kožuškowy płód [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), ffoligl [masculine] (Welsh)
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Related terms: follicular, folliculitis

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      "word": "листя́нка"
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}

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