"prokaryote" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹəʊˈkæɹi.əʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəʊˈkæɹi.ɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹoʊˈkæɹi.oʊt/ [General-American], /pɹoʊˈkæɹi.ət/ [General-American], /pɹoʊˈkɛəɹi.oʊt/ [General-American] Forms: prokaryotes [plural]
Etymology: From pro- + Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut, kernel”) + -ote. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pro-|grc:κάρυον<t:nut, kernel>|-ote}} pro- + Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut, kernel”) + -ote Head templates: {{en-noun}} prokaryote (plural prokaryotes)
  1. An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (organism characterized by absence of nucleus): بِدَائِيَّات النَّوَى (bidāʔiyyāt an-nawā) (Arabic), procariota [masculine] (Catalan), 原核生物 (english: jyun⁴ hat⁶ sang¹ mat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 原核生物 (yuánhéshēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), prokaryootti (Finnish), prokariootti (Finnish), alkeistumallinen (Finnish), esitumainen (Finnish), tumaton (Finnish), procaryote [masculine] (French), პროკარიოტი (ṗroḳarioṭi) (Georgian), Prokaryot [masculine] (German), προκαρυώτης (prokaryótis) [masculine] (Greek), dreifkjörnungur [masculine] (Icelandic), prokarioto (Ido), procariote [masculine] (Italian), 原核生物 (genkaku-seibutsu) (alt: げんかくせいぶつ) (Japanese), ប្រូការីយ៉ូត (proukaariiyout) (Khmer), 원핵생물 (wonhaeksaengmul) (alt: 原核生物) (Korean), prokaryota (Latin), procariòta [masculine] (Occitan), prokariont [masculine] (Polish), procarionte [masculine] (Portuguese), procarioto [masculine] (Portuguese), kawsaykuq hukinnaq (Quechua), procariot [neuter] (Romanian), прокарио́та (prokarióta) [feminine] (Russian), procariota [feminine] (Spanish), procarionte [masculine] (Spanish), prokaryot (Swedish), sinh vật nhân sơ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-prokaryote-en-noun-WIwb911d Disambiguation of Biology: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pro-, English terms suffixed with -ote Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ote: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'organism characterized by absence of nucleus': 61 39
  2. In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded). Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-prokaryote-en-noun-Ip4C9cmE Disambiguation of Biology: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prokaryota Hyponyms: archaeon, bacterium Related terms: prokaryon, prokaryotic

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      "roman": "wonhaeksaengmul",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "word": "원핵생물"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "word": "prokaryota"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "procariòta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prokariont"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "procarionte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "procarioto"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "word": "kawsaykuq hukinnaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "procariot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokarióta",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прокарио́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procariota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "procarionte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "word": "prokaryot"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organism characterized by absence of nucleus",
      "word": "sinh vật nhân sơ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "prokaryote"
  ],
  "word": "prokaryote"
}

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