vacuole
/ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/
vacuole noun: a large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
Noun
vacuole (plural vacuoles)
- A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
- A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
- This surface itself was not entirely homogeneous, but beneath it, seen as through ground glass, there were dim whitish patches or vacuoles, which varied constantly in shape and size.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
vacuole meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
vacuole in Hindi
- vacuole
- रिक्तिका riktikā
vacuole in Tamil
- சாற்றுக் குமிழி, சிறுவெற்றிடம், நுண் குமிழி, சிறு வெற்றிடம், நுண் அறை, குமிழ்
vacuole in Telugu
- large membrane-bound vesicle
- రిక్తిక riktika
vacuole in Malayalam
- large membrane-bound vesicle
- ഫേനം phēnaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- vacuole in Tagalog
- lungkag
- vacuole in Vietnamese
- không bào
Forms of vacuole
| plural | vacuoles |
|---|
Origin of vacuole
From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).
Words formed from vacuole
Questions about vacuole
- What does vacuole mean?
- Vacuole means a large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
- What is vacuole in Hindi?
- Vacuole in Hindi is रिक्तिका (riktikā). See Vacuole meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vacuole?
- Vacuole is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vacuole?
- Vacuole is pronounced /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/.
- What is the plural of vacuole?
- The plural of vacuole is vacuoles.
Words near vacuole in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vacuole (page history and authors); रिक्तिका (Hindi) (page history and authors); vacuole (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacuole.wav.
Cite this entry: “vacuole.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/vacuole. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.