"flagellum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fləˈd͡ʒɛləm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flagellum.wav [Southern-England] Forms: flagella [plural], flagellums [plural], flagellae [plural, proscribed]
Rhymes: -ɛləm Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-rós Latin flagrum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin flagellumbor. English flagellum From Latin flagellum (“whip”), diminutive of flagrum. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:flagellum|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-rós Latin flagrum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin flagellumbor. English flagellum [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "scourge, whip", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰleh₂-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-rós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "flagrum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "-lum", "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" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-lus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "flagellum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "flagellum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="flagellum">, {{bor|en|la|flagellum||whip}} Latin flagellum (“whip”) Head templates: {{en-noun|flagella|s|flagellae<l:proscribed>}} flagellum (plural flagella or flagellums or (proscribed) flagellae)
  1. (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding. Synonyms (organelle of protists): cilium Translations (long whiplike organelle): سَوْط (sawṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), камшиче (kamšiče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), تاژانگ (tajang) (Central Kurdish), 鞭毛 (bin¹ mou⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 鞭毛 (biānmáo) (Chinese Mandarin), bičík [masculine] (Czech), siima (Finnish), flagelle [masculine] (French), Geißel [feminine] (German), Flagellum [neuter] (German), μαστίγιο (mastígio) [neuter] (Greek), ostor (Hungarian), 鞭毛 (benmō) (Japanese), hurunuku (Māori), تاژک (tāžak) (Persian), biczyk [masculine] (Polish), жгу́тик (žgútik) [masculine] (Russian), flagelo (Spanish), flagell [common-gender] (Swedish), kamçı (Turkish), flagellum (Turkish), джгу́тик (džhútyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), fflagelwm [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion. Translations (long whiplike appendage): камшиче (kamšiče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), siima (Finnish), flagelle [masculine] (French), μαστίγιο (mastígio) [neuter] (Greek), 鞭毛 (benmō) (Japanese), hurunuku (Māori), wić [feminine] (Polish), жгу́тик (žgútik) [masculine] (Russian), flagell [common-gender] (Swedish), джгу́тик (džhútyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), fflagelwm [masculine] (Welsh)
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  3. (formal) A whip. Tags: formal Synonyms (whip): whip
    Sense id: en-flagellum-en-noun-l6muf0jp Disambiguation of 'whip': 3 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: basiflagellum, distiflagellum, endoflagellum, flagellar, flagelliferous, flagellin

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "long whiplike appendage",
      "word": "hurunuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "long whiplike appendage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "žgútik",
      "sense": "long whiplike appendage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жгу́тик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "long whiplike appendage",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flagell"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "džhútyk",
      "sense": "long whiplike appendage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "джгу́тик"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "long whiplike appendage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fflagelwm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flagellum"
}

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