Dictionary

organelle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɔɹ.ɡənˈɛl/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-der. Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon)bor. Latin organumder. Old French organebor. Middle English organe English organ English -elle English organelle From organ + -elle.

Meanings

1. A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
   • The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology. 1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation:
   • Like organelles within a single cell, whole new specializations began to develop. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161:

Forms

Deriveds

suborganelle · organellogenesis · organellomics · intraorganelle · organellometry · multiorganelle · interorganelle · microrganelle · organellar

Holonyms

cell

Hyponyms

peroxisome · centrosome · cytostome · mitosome · Golgi apparatus · vacuole · melanosome · nucleus · endoplasmic reticulum · lysosome · basal body · bacteriome · mitochondrion · chloroplast · leucoplast · ribosome

Synonyms

organelle · organella

Translations (40)

de Organelle (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · pt organelo (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · tr organel (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · ru органо́ид (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · oc organèla (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · hu sejtszervecske (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · is frumulíffæri (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · pt organela (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · ca orgànul (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · hu sejtorganellum (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · kmr endamok (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · es organelo (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · uk органо́їд (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · cmn 胞器 (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · ja 細胞小器官 (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · es elemento celular (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · mk органе́ла (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · fi soluelin (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · mi wāhanga pūtau (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · pl organellum (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · ga orgánaid (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · io organeto (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · he אברון (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · cs organela (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · de Organell (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · sv organell (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · fr organite (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · nl organel (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · ko 세포소기관 (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · km ធាតុកោសិកា (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · id organel (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · kk органоид (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · sh orgànela (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · pl organella (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · pl organoid (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · uk органе́ла (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · ru органе́лла (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · es orgánulo (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · vi bào quan (a membrane bound compartment found within cells) · cmn 細胞器 /细胞器 (a membrane bound compartment found within cells)