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multicellular

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Such an organism

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

consisting of many cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • multicellular organisms

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English cellular English multicellular From multi- + cellular.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բազմաբջիջ (bazmabǰiǰ) — having many cells
  • Asturian: multicelular — having many cells
  • Belarusian: шматкле́тачны (šmatkljétačny) — having many cells
  • Belarusian: мнагакле́тачны (mnahakljétačny) — having many cells
  • Bulgarian: многокле́тъчен (mnogoklétǎčen) — having many cells
  • Catalan: pluricel·lular — having many cells
  • Catalan: multicel·lular — having many cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多細胞的 /多细胞的 (duōxìbāo de) — having many cells
  • Czech: mnohobuněčný — having many cells
  • Danish: flercellet — having many cells
  • Danish: multicellulær — having many cells
  • Dutch: meercellig — having many cells
  • Finnish: monisoluinen — having many cells
  • French: multicellulaire — having many cells
  • Galician: multicelular — having many cells
  • Georgian: მრავალუჯრედიანი (mravaluǯrediani) — having many cells
  • German: vielzellig — having many cells
  • Hindi: बहुकोशिकीय (bahukośikīya) — having many cells
  • Hungarian: többsejtű — having many cells
  • Italian: pluricellulare — having many cells
  • Italian: multicellulare — having many cells
  • Japanese: 多細胞の (tasaibō no) — having many cells
  • Korean: 다세포의 (dasepoui) — having many cells
  • Northern Kurdish: firexaneyî — having many cells
  • Latvian: daudzšūnu — having many cells
  • Macedonian: повеќеклеточен (poveḱekletočen) — having many cells
  • Manx: yl-chillagagh — having many cells
  • Māori: pūtautini — having many cells
  • Marathi: बहुपेशीय (bahupeśīya) — having many cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flercellet — having many cells
  • Persian: پریاخته (poryāxte) — having many cells
  • Persian: چندسلولی (čandseluli) — having many cells
  • Polish: wielokomórkowy — having many cells
  • Portuguese: multicelular — having many cells
  • Romanian: pluricelular — having many cells
  • Russian: многокле́точный (mnogoklétočnyj) — having many cells
  • Russian: многоклетево́й (mnogokletevój) — having many cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: вишеста̀ничан — having many cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: višestàničan — having many cells
  • Slovak: mnohobunkový — having many cells
  • Slovene: mnogoceličen — having many cells
  • Slovene: večceličen — having many cells
  • Spanish: multicelular — having many cells
  • Spanish: pluricelular — having many cells
  • Swedish: multicellulär — having many cells
  • Swedish: flercellig — having many cells
  • Telugu: బహుకణ (bahukaṇa) — having many cells
  • Ukrainian: багатокліти́нний (bahatoklitýnnyj) — having many cells
  • Welsh: amlgellog — having many cells
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