adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 N T R AA0 S EH1 L Y AH0 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Inside or within a cell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
an intracellular process
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
located or occurring within a cell or cells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
intracellular fluid
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: extracellular
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h1énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English cellular English intracellular From intra- + cellular.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
унутрыкле́тачны
(unutrykljétačny)
— within a cell
Catalan:
intracel·lular
— within a cell
Czech:
nitrobuněčný
— within a cell
Finnish:
solunsisäinen
— within a cell
French:
intracellulaire
— within a cell
German:
intrazellulär
— within a cell
Hungarian:
intracelluláris
— within a cell
Ido:
intracelula
— within a cell
Indonesian:
intraseluler
— within a cell
Italian:
intracellulare
— within a cell
Norwegian:
intercellulær
— within a cell
Polish:
wewnątrzkomórkowy
— within a cell
Portuguese:
intracelular
— within a cell
Romanian:
intracelular
— within a cell
Russian:
внутрикле́точный
(vnutriklétočnyj)
— within a cell
Russian:
интрацеллюля́рный
(intracelljuljárnyj)
— within a cell
Spanish:
intracelular
— within a cell
Swedish:
intracellulär
— within a cell
Ukrainian:
внутрішньокліти́нний
(vnutrišnʹoklitýnnyj)
— within a cell