nuclear

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From Latin nū̆cleus, a contraction of the adjective nuculeus, masculine of feminine nuculea (“pertaining to a small nut”) from nucula + adjectival suffix -eus, -ea, -eum. The Latin nucula + -āris adds up to nuculāris, a term that in English becomes nucular; the Latin nuculea + -āris, becomes Latin nuculeāris (“relative to what pertains to small nut”), later contracted into nuclear. By surface analysis, nucleus + -ar. Compare muscle and Latin mūsculus; muscular and mūsculāris.

241 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bërthamor — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Arabic: نَوَوِيّ (nawawiyy) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Armenian: միջուկային (miǰukayin) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Belarusian: я́дзерны (jádzjerny) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Bulgarian: я́дрен (jádren) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Chinese Mandarin: 核 (hé) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Cornish: nuklerek — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Danish: kerne- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Dutch: kern- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Estonian: tuuma- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Finnish: tuma- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• French: nucléaire — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Galician: nuclear — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Georgian: ბირთვული (birtvuli) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• German: nuklear — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• German: Kern- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Greek: πυρηνικός (pyrinikós) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Hebrew: גַּרְעִינִי (gar'iní) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Hindi: केंद्रक (kendrak) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Hindi: केंद्रकीय (kendrakīya) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Hindi: नाभिकीय (nābhikīya) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Icelandic: frumeinda- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Icelandic: kjarna- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Icelandic: atóm- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Ido: nukleala — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Interlingua: nuclear — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Irish: eithneach — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Irish: núicléach — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Italian: nucleare — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Japanese: 核 (kaku) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Kazakh: ядролық (ädrolyq) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Korean: 핵 (haek) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Central Kurdish: ناوکی (nawikî) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Latvian: kodol- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Lithuanian: branduolinis — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Macedonian: ја́дрен (jádren) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Macedonian: нуклеа́рен (nukleáren) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Mongolian: цөмийн (cömiin) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Norman: nucléaithe — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Iranian Persian: هَسْتِهای (haste-i) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Polish: jądrowy — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Portuguese: nuclear — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Romanian: nuclear — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Russian: я́дерный (jádernyj) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Serbo-Croatian: ну̏клеа̄рнӣ — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Serbo-Croatian: nȕkleārnī — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Slovak: jadrový — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Slovak: nukleárny — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Slovene: jedrski — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Spanish: nuclear — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Swedish: nukleär — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Swedish: kärn- — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Tajik: ядроӣ (yadroyi) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Tajik: ҳастаӣ (hastayi) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Thai: นิวเคลียส (niu-klíias) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Thai: นิวเคลียร์ (niu-kliia) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Turkish: nükleer — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Ukrainian: я́дерний (jádernyj) — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Vietnamese: hạt — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Vietnamese: hạt nhân — pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
• Bulgarian: центра́лен (centrálen) — pertaining to a centre; central, pivotal
• Finnish: keskeinen — pertaining to a centre; central, pivotal
• Hindi: केंद्रीय (kendrīya) — pertaining to a centre; central, pivotal
• Macedonian: сре́диштен (srédišten) — pertaining to a centre; central, pivotal
• Macedonian: це́нтрален (céntralen) — pertaining to a centre; central, pivotal
• Russian: центра́льный (centrálʹnyj) — pertaining to a centre; central, pivotal
• Spanish: nucleario — pertaining to a centre; central, pivotal
• Armenian: միջուկային (miǰukayin) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Belarusian: я́дзерны (jádzjerny) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Bulgarian: я́дрен (jádren) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Cornish: nuklerek — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Finnish: ydin- — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Finnish: ytimeen liittyvä — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Hindi: नाभिकीय (nābhikīya) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Irish: núicléach — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Kazakh: ядролық (ädrolyq) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Macedonian: ја́дрен (jádren) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Macedonian: нуклеа́рен (nukleáren) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Malayalam: ആണവ (āṇava) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjernefysisk — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Norwegian Bokmål: atom- — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne- — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjernefysisk — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Polish: nuklearny — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Russian: я́дерный (jádernyj) — pertaining to the atomic nucleus
• Albanian: bërthamor — involving nuclear energy
• Arabic: نَوَوِيّ (nawawiyy) — involving nuclear energy
• Armenian: միջուկային (miǰukayin) — involving nuclear energy
• Azerbaijani: nüvə — involving nuclear energy
• Belarusian: я́дзерны (jádzjerny) — involving nuclear energy
• Breton: nukleel — involving nuclear energy
• Bulgarian: я́дрен (jádren) — involving nuclear energy
• Burmese: နျူကလိယ (nyuka.li.ya.) — involving nuclear energy
• Catalan: nuclear — involving nuclear energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 核 (hé) — involving nuclear energy
• Cornish: nuklerek — involving nuclear energy
• Czech: jaderný — involving nuclear energy
• Danish: kerne- — involving nuclear energy
• Dutch: kern- — involving nuclear energy
• Esperanto: nuklea — involving nuclear energy
• Finnish: ydin- — involving nuclear energy
• Finnish: ydinvoima- — involving nuclear energy
• French: nucléaire — involving nuclear energy
• Galician: nuclear — involving nuclear energy
• Georgian: ბირთვული (birtvuli) — involving nuclear energy
• German: nuklear — involving nuclear energy
• German: Kern- — involving nuclear energy
• Greek: πυρηνικός (pyrinikós) — involving nuclear energy
• Hebrew: גַּרְעִינִי (gar'iní) — involving nuclear energy
• Hindi: नाभिकीय (nābhikīya) — involving nuclear energy
• Hungarian: nukleáris — involving nuclear energy
• Icelandic: kjarna- — involving nuclear energy
• Icelandic: atóm- — involving nuclear energy
• Icelandic: kjarnorku- — involving nuclear energy
• Indonesian: nuklir — involving nuclear energy
• Interlingua: nuclear — involving nuclear energy
• Irish: núicléach — involving nuclear energy
• Italian: nucleare — involving nuclear energy
• Japanese: 核 (kaku) — involving nuclear energy
• Kazakh: ядролық (ädrolyq) — involving nuclear energy
• Khmer: នុយក្លេអ៊ែរ (nuykleeʼɛɛ) — involving nuclear energy
• Khmer: បរមាណូ (paʼraʼmaanou) — involving nuclear energy
• Korean: 핵 (haek) — involving nuclear energy
• Kyrgyz: ядролук (yadroluk) — involving nuclear energy
• Lao: ປະລະມານູ (pa la mā nū) — involving nuclear energy
• Lao: ນີວຄະເລັຽ (nīu kha līa) — involving nuclear energy
• Macedonian: ја́дрен (jádren) — involving nuclear energy
• Macedonian: нуклеа́рен (nukleáren) — involving nuclear energy
• Malay: nuklear — involving nuclear energy
• Malayalam: ആണവ (āṇava) — involving nuclear energy
• Mongolian: цөмийн (cömiin) — involving nuclear energy
• Norman: nucléaithe — involving nuclear energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjernefysisk — involving nuclear energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne- — involving nuclear energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: atom- — involving nuclear energy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjernefysisk — involving nuclear energy
• Occitan: nuclear — involving nuclear energy
• Iranian Persian: هَسْتِهای (haste-i) — involving nuclear energy
• Polish: jądrowy — involving nuclear energy
• Polish: nuklearny — involving nuclear energy
• Portuguese: nuclear — involving nuclear energy
• Romanian: nuclear — involving nuclear energy
• Romanian: atomic — involving nuclear energy
• Russian: я́дерный (jádernyj) — involving nuclear energy
• Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach — involving nuclear energy
• Serbo-Croatian: ну̏клеа̄ран — involving nuclear energy
• Serbo-Croatian: nȕkleāran — involving nuclear energy
• Slovak: jadrový — involving nuclear energy
• Slovene: jedrski — involving nuclear energy
• Spanish: nuclear — involving nuclear energy
• Swedish: kärn- — involving nuclear energy
• Swedish: kärnkraft- — involving nuclear energy
• Swedish: kärnenergi- — involving nuclear energy
• Tagalog: buturanin — involving nuclear energy
• Tajik: ядроӣ (yadroyi) — involving nuclear energy
• Tajik: ҳастаӣ (hastayi) — involving nuclear energy
• Thai: ปรมาณู (bpà-rá-maa-nuu) — involving nuclear energy
• Thai: นิวเคลียร์ (niu-kliia) — involving nuclear energy
• Turkish: nükleer — involving nuclear energy
• Turkmen: ýadro — involving nuclear energy
• Ukrainian: я́дерний (jádernyj) — involving nuclear energy
• Urdu: جَوہَری (jauharī) — involving nuclear energy
• Uyghur: يادرو (yadro) — involving nuclear energy
• Uzbek: yadro — involving nuclear energy
• Uzbek: yadroga — involving nuclear energy
• Vietnamese: hạt nhân — involving nuclear energy
• Yiddish: נוקלעאַר (nuklear) — involving nuclear energy
• Albanian: bërthamor — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Arabic: نَوَوِيّ (nawawiyy) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Armenian: միջուկային (miǰukayin) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Azerbaijani: nüvə — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Belarusian: я́дзерны (jádzjerny) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Bulgarian: я́дрен (jádren) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Burmese: နျူကလိယ (nyuka.li.ya.) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 核 (hé) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Cornish: nuklerek — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Czech: jaderný — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Czech: nukleární — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Danish: kerne- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Dutch: nucleair — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Dutch: kern- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Esperanto: nuklea — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Estonian: tuuma- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Finnish: ydin- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Finnish: ydinase- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• French: nucléaire — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Georgian: ბირთვული (birtvuli) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• German: nuklear — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• German: Kern- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Hebrew: גַּרְעִינִי (gar'iní) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Hindi: नाभिकीय (nābhikīya) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Hindi: कंद्रकीय (kandrakīya) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Hungarian: nukleáris — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Icelandic: kjarnorku- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Icelandic: atómsprengju- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Interlingua: nuclear — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Italian: nucleare — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Japanese: 核 (kaku) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Kazakh: ядролық (ädrolyq) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Korean: 핵 (haek) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Kyrgyz: ядролук (yadroluk) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Lao: ນີວຄະເລັຽ (nīu kha līa) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Latvian: kodol- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Lithuanian: branduolinis — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Macedonian: ја́дрен (jádren) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Macedonian: нуклеа́рен (nukleáren) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Malayalam: ആണവ (āṇava) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Norman: nucléaithe — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjernefysisk — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: atom- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjernefysisk — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Iranian Persian: هَسْتِهای (haste-i) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Polish: jądrowy — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Polish: nuklearny — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Portuguese: nuclear — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Romanian: nuclear — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Romanian: atomic — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Russian: я́дерный (jádernyj) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Serbo-Croatian: ну̏клеа̄рнӣ — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Serbo-Croatian: nȕkleārnī — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Slovak: jadrový — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Slovak: nukleárny — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Slovene: jedrski — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Spanish: nuclear — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Swedish: nukleär — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Swedish: kärnvapen- — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Tagalog: buturanin — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Tajik: ядроӣ (yadroyi) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Thai: นิวเคลียร์ (niu-kliia) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Thai: ปรมาณู (bpà-rá-maa-nuu) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Turkish: nükleer — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Turkmen: ýadro — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Ukrainian: я́дерний (jádernyj) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Urdu: جَوہَری (jauharī) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Uzbek: yadro — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Vietnamese: hạt nhân — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
• Yiddish: נוקלעאַר (nuklear) — of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy