follicle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒlɪkəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfɒlɪkɫ̩]
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈfɑlɪkəl/ of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: [ˈfɑlɪkɫ̩] of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈfɒlɪkəl/ of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: [ˈfɒlɪkɫ̩] of the US
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• CMU ARPABET: F AA1 L AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F AA1 L IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhelǵh-der. Latin follis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin folliculusbor. English follicle Borrowed from Latin folliculus.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: follikel — anatomy
• Arabic: حُوَيْصِلَة (ḥuwayṣila) — anatomy
• Arabic: حويصلة (ḥuwaiṣela) — anatomy
• Catalan: fol·licle — anatomy
• Chinese Mandarin: 小囊 (xiǎonáng) — anatomy
• Chinese Mandarin: 濾泡 /滤泡 (lǜpào) — anatomy
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛囊 (máonáng) — anatomy
• Czech: folikul — anatomy
• Czech: váček — anatomy
• Dutch: follikel — anatomy
• Esperanto: foliklo — anatomy
• Finnish: tuppi — anatomy
• Finnish: (e.g. ovarian) rakkula — anatomy
• Finnish: follikkeli — anatomy
• French: follicule — anatomy
• Galician: folículo — anatomy
• German: Haarbalg — anatomy
• German: Haarfollikel — anatomy
• Greek: λεμφοζίδιο (lemfozídio) — anatomy
• Hungarian: tüsző — anatomy
• Hungarian: szőrtüsző — anatomy
• Italian: follicolo — anatomy
• Japanese: 卵胞 (ranpō) — anatomy
• Japanese: 濾胞 (rohō) — anatomy
• Japanese: 小胞 (shōhō) — anatomy
• Japanese: 毛嚢 (mōnō) — anatomy
• Northern Kurdish: çîkildan — anatomy
• Northern Kurdish: çikildan — anatomy
• Māori: ruahuru — anatomy
• Polish: mieszek — anatomy
• Polish: woreczek — anatomy
• Polish: pęcherzyk — anatomy
• Polish: torebka — anatomy
• Polish: cebulka — anatomy
• Portuguese: folículo — anatomy
• Russian: фолли́кул (follíkul) — anatomy
• Russian: мешо́чек (mešóček) — anatomy
• Spanish: folículo — anatomy
• Tocharian B: klokaśce — anatomy
• Vietnamese: nang — anatomy
• Catalan: fol·licle — botany
• Chinese Mandarin: 蓇葖 (gǔtú) — botany
• Czech: měchýřek — botany
• Dutch: kokevrucht — botany
• Esperanto: foliklo — botany
• Finnish: tuppilo — botany
• French: follicule — botany
• Galician: folículo — botany
• German: Balgfrucht — botany
• Hungarian: tüsző — botany
• Hungarian: tüszőtermés — botany
• Italian: follicolo — botany
• Japanese: 袋果 (taika) — botany
• Korean: 골돌과 (goldolgwa) — botany
• Polish: mieszek — botany
• Portuguese: folículo — botany
• Russian: стручо́к (stručók) — botany
• Russian: мешо́чек (mešóček) — botany
• Upper Sorbian: kožuškowy płód — botany
• Spanish: folículo — botany
• Tagalog: bingkasbunga — botany
• Ukrainian: листя́нка (lystjánka) — botany
• Welsh: ffoligl — botany