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ribosome

UK/ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/US/ˈɹaɪbəˌsoʊm/

ribosome noun: a small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.

Noun

ribosome (plural ribosomes)

  1. A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.

ribosome meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian

ribosome in Hindi

organelle
राइबोसोम rāibosom

ribosome in Tamil

புரதம், ரைபோசோம்

ribosome in Tagalog

organelle
ribolawas

ribosome in Indonesian

organelle
ribosom
More languagesFewer languages
ribosome in Vietnamese
ribôxôm

Forms of ribosome

pluralribosomes

Origin of ribosome

From ribo- + -some.

Words formed from ribosome

Questions about ribosome

What does ribosome mean?
Ribosome means a small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
What is ribosome in Hindi?
Ribosome in Hindi is राइबोसोम (rāibosom). See Ribosome meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ribosome?
Ribosome is a noun.
How do you pronounce ribosome?
Ribosome is pronounced /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/ (UK).
What is the plural of ribosome?
The plural of ribosome is ribosomes.

Words near ribosome in the dictionary

  1. ribosomal ribonucleic acid
  2. ribosomal ribonucleic acids
  3. ribosomal RNA
  4. ribosomal RNAs
  5. ribosomally
  6. ribosome
  7. ribosomes
  8. ribosomic
  9. ribosomically
  10. ribosomopathies
  11. ribosomopathy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ribosome (page history and authors); ribosome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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