Meanings
nounmicelle (plural micelles)
plural micelles · alternative micell · alternative micella
- chemistrya colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration
Origin
- New Latinmīcella
- Englishmicelle
Borrowed from New Latin mīcella, from mīca (“crumb”) + -ella.
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Arabic مُذَيْلَة, فُتَيْتَة
- مُذَيْلَة (muḏayla)colloidal aggregate
- فُتَيْتَة (futayta)colloidal aggregate
Catalan micel·la
- micel·lacolloidal aggregate
Chinese Mandarin 膠束 /胶束
- 膠束 /胶束 (jiāoshù)colloidal aggregate
Czech micela
- micelacolloidal aggregate
Danish micelle
- micellecolloidal aggregate
Dutch micel
- micelcolloidal aggregate
Finnish miselli
- misellicolloidal aggregate
French micelle
- micellecolloidal aggregate
German Mizelle
- Mizellecolloidal aggregate
Italian micella
- micellacolloidal aggregate
Latin mīcella
- mīcellacolloidal aggregate
Polish micela
- micelacolloidal aggregate
Portuguese micela
- micelacolloidal aggregate
Russian мице́лла
- мице́лла (micélla)colloidal aggregate
Spanish micela
- micelacolloidal aggregate
Swedish micell
- micellcolloidal aggregate
Turkish misel
- miselcolloidal aggregate
Welsh misel
- miselcolloidal aggregate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with micelle
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APA
micelle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micelle
MLA
“micelle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micelle. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “micelle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micelle.
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