"eukaryote" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /juˈkæɹi.ɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /juˈkæɹi.oʊt/ [General-American], /juˈkæɹi.ət/ [General-American], /juˈkɛəɹi.oʊt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-eukaryote.wav [US] Forms: eukaryotes [plural], eukarya [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French eucaryote; equivalent to eu- + karyon + a suffix derived from Ancient Greek -ώτης (-ṓtēs). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|eucaryote}} French eucaryote, {{af|en|eu-|karyon}} eu- + karyon, {{m|grc|-ώτης}} -ώτης (-ṓtēs) Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|eukaryotes|or|eukarya}} eukaryote (plural eukaryotes or eukarya)
  1. (cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus. Wikipedia link: eukaryote Categories (topical): Biology, Cytology Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms Synonyms: eucaryot, eucaryote, eukaryot, eukaryote Hypernyms: organism Hyponyms: bikont, unikont, animal, plant, fungus Related terms: eukaryal, eukaryocyte, eukaryon, eukaryotic, prokaryote, alga, microorganism Translations (any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus): حقيقيات النوى (Arabic), էուկարիոտ (ēukariot) (Armenian), সুকেন্দ্রিক (śukendrik) (Bengali), ইউক্যারিওট (iukkariōṭ) (Bengali), eucariota [masculine] (Catalan), 真核生物 (english: zan¹ hat⁶ sang¹ mat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 真核生物 (zhēnhé shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), eukaryota (Czech), eukaryoten [plural] (Dutch), eŭkariotoj [plural] (Esperanto), eukarüoot [plural] (Estonian), aitotumainen (Finnish), aitotumallinen (Finnish), eukaryootti (Finnish), eucaryote (French), ეუკარიოტი (euḳarioṭi) (Georgian), Eukaryot [masculine] (German), ευκαρυώτης (efkaryótis) [masculine] (Greek), אֵיקָרְיוֹט (eykaryót) (Hebrew), eukarióta (Hungarian), heilkjörnungur [masculine] (Icelandic), eukaryota (Indonesian), eukariota (Indonesian), eucariota [masculine] (Italian), 真核生物 (shinkaku seibutsu) (alt: しんかくせいぶつ) (Japanese), эукариот (éukariot) (Kazakh), អឺការីយ៉ូត (ʼəɨkaariiyout) (Khmer), 진핵생물 (jinhaeksaengmul) (alt: 眞核生物) (Korean), eukaryota [feminine] (Latin), eikariots (Latvian), eukariotas [masculine] (Lithuanian), eukaryota (Low German), eukaryoten [plural] (Luxembourgish), യൂക്കാരിയോട്ടുകൾ (yūkkāriyōṭṭukaḷ) (Malayalam), eukaryoter (Norwegian), eukarya [feminine] (Occitan), هوهسته (huhaste) (Persian), یوکاریوت (Persian), jądrowiec [masculine] (Polish), eukariont [masculine] (Polish), eucariota [masculine] (Portuguese), eucarioto [masculine] (Portuguese), eucarionte [masculine] (Portuguese), kawsaykuq hukiyuq (Quechua), eucariotă [feminine] (Romanian), эукарио́та (eukarióta) [feminine] (Russian), еукариоте [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), еукариот [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), eukariote [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), eukarìōt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), evkariont (Slovak), eucarionte [feminine] (Spanish), eukariot (Sundanese), eukaryot [common-gender] (Swedish), ยูแคริโอต (yu-kraeyòht) (Thai), ökaryot (Turkish), sinh vật nhân chuẩn (alt: 生物仁純) (Vietnamese), sinh vật nhân thực (alt: 生物仁實) (Vietnamese), sinh vật nhân điển hình (alt: 生物仁典型) (Vietnamese), sinh vật có nhân chính thức (alt: 生物箇仁正式) (Vietnamese), eucariote (Walloon), ewcaryot (Welsh)

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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "efkaryótis",
          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "roman": "eykaryót",
          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "alt": "しんかくせいぶつ",
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          "roman": "shinkaku seibutsu",
          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "roman": "éukariot",
          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "roman": "ʼəɨkaariiyout",
          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "alt": "眞核生物",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
          "word": "진핵생물"
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          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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          "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ეუკარიოტი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "អឺការីយ៉ូត"
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      "alt": "眞核生物",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinhaeksaengmul",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "진핵생물"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "eikariots"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eukariotas"
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      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "യൂക്കാരിയോട്ടുകൾ"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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      "code": "qu",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eucarionte"
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      "code": "su",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eukaryot"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yu-kraeyòht",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "ยูแคริโอต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "ökaryot"
    },
    {
      "alt": "生物仁純",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "sinh vật nhân chuẩn"
    },
    {
      "alt": "生物仁實",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "sinh vật nhân thực"
    },
    {
      "alt": "生物仁典型",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "sinh vật nhân điển hình"
    },
    {
      "alt": "生物箇仁正式",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "sinh vật có nhân chính thức"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "eucariote"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus",
      "word": "ewcaryot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eukaryote"
}

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