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
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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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