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eukaryote

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /juˈkæɹi.ɒt/
  • General-American: /juˈkæɹi.oʊt/
  • General-American: /juˈkæɹi.ət/
  • General-American: /juˈkɛəɹi.oʊt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eucaryote

Antonyms: prokaryote

Broader terms: organism, being

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French eucaryote; equivalent to eu- + karyon + -ote.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حقيقيات النوى — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Armenian: էուկարիոտ (ēukariot) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Bengali: সুকেন্দ্রিক (śukendrik) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Bengali: ইউক্যারিওট (iukkariōṭ) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Catalan: eucariota — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 真核生物 — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 真核生物 (zhēnhé shēngwù) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Czech: eukaryota — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Dutch: eukaryoot — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Esperanto: eŭkariotoj — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Estonian: eukarüoot — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Finnish: aitotumainen — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Finnish: aitotumallinen — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Finnish: eukaryootti — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • French: eucaryote — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Georgian: ეუკარიოტი (euḳarioṭi) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • German: Eukaryot — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Greek: ευκαρυώτης (efkaryótis) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Hebrew: אֵיקָרְיוֹט (eykaryót) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Hungarian: eukarióta — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Icelandic: heilkjörnungur — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Indonesian: eukaryota — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Indonesian: eukariota — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Italian: eucariota — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Japanese: 真核生物 (shinkaku seibutsu) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Kazakh: эукариот (éukariot) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Khmer: អឺការីយ៉ូត (ʼəɨkaariiyout) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Korean: 진핵생물 (jinhaeksaengmul) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Latin: eukăry̆ōtum — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Latvian: eikariots — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Lithuanian: eukariotas — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Low German: eukaryota — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Luxembourgish: eukaryoten — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Malayalam: യൂക്കാരിയോട്ടുകൾ (yūkkāriyōṭṭukaḷ) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Norwegian: eukaryoter — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Occitan: eukarya — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Persian: هوهسته (huhaste) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Persian: یوکاریوت — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Polish: jądrowiec — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Polish: eukariont — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Portuguese: eucariota — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Portuguese: eucarioto — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Portuguese: eucarionte — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Quechua: kawsaykuq hukiyuq — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Romanian: eucariotă — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Russian: эукарио́та (eukarióta) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Serbo-Croatian: еукариоте — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Serbo-Croatian: еукариот — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Serbo-Croatian: eukariote — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Serbo-Croatian: eukarìōt — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Slovak: evkariont — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Spanish: eucarionte — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Sundanese: eukariot — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Swedish: eukaryot — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Thai: ยูแคริโอต (yu-kraeyòht) — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Turkish: ökaryot — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Vietnamese: sinh vật nhân chuẩn — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Vietnamese: sinh vật nhân thực — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Vietnamese: sinh vật nhân điển hình — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Vietnamese: sinh vật có nhân chính thức — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Walloon: eucariote — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
  • Welsh: ewcaryot — any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus