Meanings
plural chlorophylls · alternative dated chlorophyl
- uncountableusuallybiochemistryAny of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchchlorophylle
- Englishchlorophyll
Borrowed from French chlorophylle, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) and φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans chlorofil, bladgroen
- chlorofilgreen pigment
- bladgroengreen pigment
Arabic يَخْضُور, كْلُورُوفِيل
- يَخْضُور (yaḵḍūr)green pigment
- كْلُورُوفِيل (klūrūfīl)green pigment
Basque klorofila
- klorofilagreen pigment
Bulgarian хлорофи́л
- хлорофи́л (hlorofíl)green pigment
Catalan clorofil·la
- clorofil·lagreen pigment
Chinese Mandarin 葉綠素 /叶绿素
- 葉綠素 /叶绿素 (yèlǜsù)green pigment
Czech chlorofyl
- chlorofylgreen pigment
Danish klorofyl, bladgrønt
- klorofylgreen pigment
- bladgrøntgreen pigment
Dutch bladgroen, chlorofyl
- bladgroengreen pigment
- chlorofylgreen pigment
Estonian klorofüll
- klorofüllgreen pigment
Finnish lehtivihreä, klorofylli
- lehtivihreägreen pigment
- klorofylligreen pigment
French chlorophylle
- chlorophyllegreen pigment
German Chlorophyll, Blattgrün
- Chlorophyllgreen pigment
- Blattgrüngreen pigment
Greek χλωροφύλλη
- χλωροφύλλη (chlorofýlli)green pigment
Hindi पर्णहरित
- पर्णहरित (parṇahrit)green pigment
Icelandic blaðgræna, laufgræna
- blaðgrænagreen pigment
- laufgrænagreen pigment
- klórófýlgreen pigment
Indonesian klorofil, zat hijau
- klorofilgreen pigment
- zat hijaugreen pigment
- zat hijau daungreen pigment
Italian clorofilla
- clorofillagreen pigment
Japanese クロロフィル, 葉緑素
- クロロフィル (kurorofiru)green pigment
- 葉緑素 (yōryokuso)green pigment
Korean 엽록소, 클로로필
- 엽록소 (yeomnokso)green pigment
- 클로로필 (keulloropil)green pigment
Latvian hlorofils
- hlorofilsgreen pigment
Lithuanian žãlymas
- žãlymasgreen pigment
Malay klorofil, zat hijau
- klorofilgreen pigment
- zat hijaugreen pigment
Norwegian Bokmål bladgrønt, klorofyll
- bladgrøntgreen pigment
- klorofyllgreen pigment
Persian سبزینه, کلروفیل
- سبزینه (sebzine)green pigment
- کلروفیل (klorofil)green pigment
Polish chlorofil
- chlorofilgreen pigment
Portuguese clorofila
- clorofilagreen pigment
Romanian clorofilă
- clorofilăgreen pigment
Russian хлорофи́лл
- хлорофи́лл (xlorofíll)green pigment
Spanish clorofila
- clorofilagreen pigment
Swahili umbijani
- umbijanigreen pigment
Swedish klorofyll, bladgrönt
- klorofyllgreen pigment
- bladgröntgreen pigment
Tagalog kloropila
- kloropilagreen pigment
Turkish klorofil
- klorofilgreen pigment
Vietnamese chất diệp lục, diệp lục tố
- chất diệp lụcgreen pigment
- diệp lục tốgreen pigment
Cite this entry
chlorophyll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chlorophyll
“chlorophyll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chlorophyll. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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