ribosome

English

Etymology

From ribonucleic (acid) + Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪbəˌsoʊm/
Audio (CA) (file)

Noun

ribosome (plural ribosomes)

(biology, cytology) A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

Terms derived from ribosome

Translations

organelle

Chinese:
Cantonese: 核糖體, 核糖体 (hat⁶ tong⁴ tai²), 核糖核蛋白體, 核糖核蛋白体 (hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ daan⁶^-² bak⁶ tai²) (dated), 核蛋白體, 核蛋白体 (hat⁶ daan⁶^-² bak⁶ tai²) (dated)

Mandarin: 核糖體 (zh), 核糖体 (zh) (hétángtǐ), 核糖核蛋白體, 核糖核蛋白体 (hétáng hédànbáitǐ) (dated), 核蛋白體, 核蛋白体 (hédànbáitǐ) (dated)
Czech: ribozom m
Esperanto: ribosomo
Finnish: ribosomi (fi)
French: ribosome (fr) m
German: Ribosom (de) n
Hungarian: riboszóma (hu)
Icelandic: netkorn

Italian: ribosoma (it) m
Japanese: リボソーム (ribosōmu)
Maori: tuipūmua
Portuguese: ribossomo (pt), ribossoma (pt)
Russian: рибосо́ма (ru) f (ribosóma)
Spanish: ribosoma (es) m
Swedish: ribosom (sv) c
Tagalog: ribolawas
Turkish: ribozom (tr)

Anagrams

bosomier, broomies

French

Noun

ribosome m (plural ribosomes)

ribosome

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