"ribosome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/ [UK], /ˈɹaɪbəˌzəʊm/ [UK], /ˈɹaɪbəˌsoʊm/ [US], /ˈɹaɪbəˌzoʊm/ [US] Audio: En-ca-ribosome.opus [Canada] Forms: ribosomes [plural]
Etymology: ribo- + -some Etymology templates: {{confix|en|ribo|some#Etymology_3}} ribo- + -some Head templates: {{en-noun}} ribosome (plural ribosomes)
  1. (biology, cytology) A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA. Categories (topical): Biology, Cytology Translations (organelle): ribosoma [masculine] (Catalan), 核糖體 (Chinese Cantonese), 核糖体 (hat⁶ tong⁴ tai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 核糖核蛋白體 (Chinese Cantonese), 核糖核蛋白体 (alt: hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ daan⁶⁻² bak⁶ tai²) [dated] (Chinese Cantonese), 核蛋白體 (Chinese Cantonese), 核蛋白体 (alt: hat⁶ daan⁶⁻² bak⁶ tai²) [dated] (Chinese Cantonese), 核糖體 (Chinese Mandarin), 核糖体 (hétángtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 核糖核蛋白體 (Chinese Mandarin), 核糖核蛋白体 (hétáng hédànbáitǐ) [dated] (Chinese Mandarin), 核蛋白體 (Chinese Mandarin), 核蛋白体 (hédànbáitǐ) [dated] (Chinese Mandarin), ribozom [masculine] (Czech), ribosoom [neuter] (Dutch), ribosomo (Esperanto), ribosomi (Finnish), ribosome [masculine] (French), Ribosom [neuter] (German), ριβόσωμα (rivósoma) [neuter] (Greek), राइबोसोम (rāibosom) (Hindi), riboszóma (Hungarian), netkorn (Icelandic), ribosom (Indonesian), ribosoma [masculine] (Italian), リボソーム (ribosōmu) (Japanese), រីបូសូម (riibousoum) (Khmer), ribosoma [feminine] (Lithuanian), tuipūmua (Maori), rybosom [masculine] (Polish), ribossomo (Portuguese), ribossoma (Portuguese), ribozom [masculine] (Romanian), рибосо́ма (ribosóma) [feminine] (Russian), ribosoma [masculine] (Spanish), ribosom [common-gender] (Swedish), ribolawas (Tagalog), ribozom (Turkish), рибосо́ма (rybosóma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ribôxôm (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "riboszóma"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "netkorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "ribosom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ribosoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ribosōmu",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "リボソーム"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "riibousoum",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "រីបូសូម"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ribosoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "tuipūmua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rybosom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "ribossomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "ribossoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ribozom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ribosóma",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рибосо́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ribosoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ribosom"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "ribolawas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "ribozom"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rybosóma",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рибосо́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organelle",
      "word": "ribôxôm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ribosome"
}

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