chloroplast

See also: Chloroplast

English

Etymology

chloro- +‎ -plast

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːrəʊˌplæst/

Audio (Northern California, US)

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Noun

chloroplast (plural chloroplasts)

(cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.

Hypernyms

plastid

Coordinate terms

leucoplast, chromoplast

Translations

photosynthetic organelle

Azerbaijani: xloroplast
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葉綠體／叶绿体 (zh) (yèlǜtǐ)

Min Nan: 葉綠體／叶绿体 (ia̍p-le̍k-thé)
Danish: grønkorn n, kloroplast c
Dutch: bladgroenkorrel (nl)
Finnish: viherhiukkanen (fi)
French: chloroplaste (fr) m
German: Chloroplast (de) m
Hungarian: kloroplasztisz (hu)
Icelandic: grænukorn n
Italian: cloroplasto (it) m
Japanese: 葉緑体 (ja) (ようりょくたい, yōryokutai)
Kannada: ಎಲೆಮನೆ (kn) (elemane)
Maori: pūmāota, pūkāriki
Persian: سبزدیسه‎ (fa) (sabzdise)
Polish: chloroplast (pl) m
Portuguese: cloroplasto (pt) m
Russian: хлоропла́ст (ru) m (xloroplást)
Sinhalese: හරිතලව (si) (haritalawa)
Spanish: cloroplasto (es) m
Swahili: chembeumbijani, kloroplasti
Tagalog: luntikatwan
Tamil: பச்சையமணி (paccaiyamaṇi), பசுங்கணிகம் (pacuṅkaṇikam)
Turkish: kloroplast (tr)
Vietnamese: lạp lục, lục lạp

See also

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chloroplast, French chloroplaste, and German Chloroplast.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xlɔˈrɔp.last/
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Rhymes: -ɔplast
Syllabification: chlo‧rop‧last

Noun

chloroplast m inan

(cytology) chloroplast

Declension

Declension of chloroplast

	singular	plural
nominative	chloroplast	chloroplasty
genitive	chloroplastu	chloroplastów
dative	chloroplastowi	chloroplastom
accusative	chloroplast	chloroplasty
instrumental	chloroplastem	chloroplastami
locative	chloroplaście	chloroplastach
vocative	chloroplaście	chloroplasty

Derived terms

adjective

chloroplastowy

Further reading

chloroplast in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
chloroplast in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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