"prokaryotic" meaning in English

See prokaryotic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: prokaryote + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prokaryote|ic}} prokaryote + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prokaryotic (not comparable)
  1. Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prokaryotic-en-adj-3YNhyFXO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 72 27
  2. Of cells, lacking a nucleus. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (of cells, lacking a nucleus): procariota (Catalan), procariòtic (Catalan), 原核的 (yuánhé de) (Chinese Mandarin), prokaryotický (Czech), prokaryoottinen (Finnish), esitumallinen (Finnish), προκαρυωτικός (prokaryotikós) [masculine] (Greek), procariotico (Italian), navikdestpêkî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), prokariotyczny (Polish), procariótico (Portuguese), procariótico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prokaryotic-en-adj-XzzCyqel Disambiguation of Biology: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'of cells, lacking a nucleus': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bacterial Related terms: prokaryote

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for prokaryotic meaning in English (3.1kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eukaryotic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prokaryote",
        "3": "ic"
      },
      "expansion": "prokaryote + -ic",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "prokaryote + -ic",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "prokaryotic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "prokaryote"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria."
      ],
      "id": "en-prokaryotic-en-adj-3YNhyFXO",
      "links": [
        [
          "prokaryote",
          "prokaryote"
        ],
        [
          "bacteria",
          "bacteria"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of cells, lacking a nucleus."
      ],
      "id": "en-prokaryotic-en-adj-XzzCyqel",
      "links": [
        [
          "nucleus",
          "nucleus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "procariota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "procariòtic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuánhé de",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "原核的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "prokaryotický"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "prokaryoottinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "esitumallinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "prokaryotikós",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "προκαρυωτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "procariotico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "navikdestpêkî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "prokariotyczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "procariótico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
          "word": "procariótico"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bacterial"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prokaryotic"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eukaryotic"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ic",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "en:Biology"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prokaryote",
        "3": "ic"
      },
      "expansion": "prokaryote + -ic",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "prokaryote + -ic",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "prokaryotic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "prokaryote"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prokaryote",
          "prokaryote"
        ],
        [
          "bacteria",
          "bacteria"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of cells, lacking a nucleus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nucleus",
          "nucleus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bacterial"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "procariota"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "procariòtic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánhé de",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "原核的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "prokaryotický"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "prokaryoottinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "esitumallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prokaryotikós",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προκαρυωτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "procariotico"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "navikdestpêkî"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "prokariotyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "procariótico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of cells, lacking a nucleus",
      "word": "procariótico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prokaryotic"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.