"follicle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒlɪk(ə)l/ [UK] Audio: en-us-follicle.ogg Forms: follicles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin folliculus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|folliculus}} Latin folliculus Head templates: {{en-noun}} follicle (plural follicles)
  1. (anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Hair, Plant anatomy 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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) (Maori), 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. Categories (topical): Botany, Plant anatomy 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), 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)
    Sense id: en-follicle-en-noun-CqX8gQ~6 Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 45 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'botany': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: follicular, folliculitis

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "botany",
      "word": "tüszőtermés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "follicolo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たいか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taika",
      "sense": "botany",
      "word": "袋果"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mieszek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stručók",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стручо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mešóček",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мешо́чек"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kožuškowy płód"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "botany",
      "word": "bingkasbunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lystjánka",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "листя́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "botany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffoligl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follicle"
}

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  "msg": "suspicious translation with 'e.g.': {'lang': 'Finnish', 'code': 'fi', 'sense': 'anatomy', 'word': '(e.g. ovarian) rakkula'}",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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