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vacuole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/

Etymology

From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Meanings

1. A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
2. A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
   • This surface itself was not entirely homogeneous, but beneath it, seen as through ground glass, there were dim whitish patches or vacuoles, which varied constantly in shape and size. 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:

Forms

Deriveds

food vacuole · vacuolar · vacuolated · vacuolate · vacuolation · endovacuole · vacuolisation · vacuoloid · vacuome · vacuolize · prevacuole · vacuolic · contractile vacuole · provacuole · parasitophorous vacuole · hemivacuole · microvacuole · vacuolin · macrovacuole

Translations (36)

es vacuola (large membrane-bound vesicle) · cs vakuola (large membrane-bound vesicle) · de Vakuole (large membrane-bound vesicle) · pl wakuola (large membrane-bound vesicle) · fi vakuoli (large membrane-bound vesicle) · pl wodniczka (large membrane-bound vesicle) · kk вакуоль (large membrane-bound vesicle) · he חלולית (large membrane-bound vesicle) · te రిక్తిక (large membrane-bound vesicle) · gl vacúolo (large membrane-bound vesicle) · tr koful (large membrane-bound vesicle) · ca vacúol (large membrane-bound vesicle) · io vakuolo (large membrane-bound vesicle) · hy վակուոլ (large membrane-bound vesicle) · sh vakùōla (large membrane-bound vesicle) · pt vacúolo (large membrane-bound vesicle) · eo vakuolo (large membrane-bound vesicle) · it vacuolo (large membrane-bound vesicle) · tl lungkag (large membrane-bound vesicle) · nl vacuole (large membrane-bound vesicle) · cmn 液泡 (large membrane-bound vesicle) · hu űröcske (large membrane-bound vesicle) · ja 液胞 (large membrane-bound vesicle) · hu sejtnedvüreg (large membrane-bound vesicle) · fi solunesterakkula (large membrane-bound vesicle) · mi miru (large membrane-bound vesicle) · el κενοτόπιο (large membrane-bound vesicle) · vi không bào (large membrane-bound vesicle) · fr vacuole (large membrane-bound vesicle) · fi solunesteontelo (large membrane-bound vesicle) · ml ഫേനം (large membrane-bound vesicle) · uk вакуо́ля (large membrane-bound vesicle) · cy gwagolyn (large membrane-bound vesicle) · la vacuola (large membrane-bound vesicle) · ru вакуо́ль (large membrane-bound vesicle) · ro vacuolă (large membrane-bound vesicle)