multicellular

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adjective

That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

Similar
cellular
Opposite
unicellularmonocellular
OriginEnglish cellular ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivemulticellular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyThat has many cells, often differentiated in function.
nounmulticellular (plural multicellulars)

plural multicellulars

  1. Such an organism

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unicellularmonocellular

adjectiveconsisting of many cells

Similar
cellular
Also see
multicompartmentalpolycellular

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Englishcellular
  9. Englishmulticellular

From multi- + cellular.

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Translations

Bulgarian многокле́тъчен
  • многокле́тъчен (mnogoklétăčen)having many cells
Catalan pluricel·lular, multicel·lular
  • pluricel·lularhaving many cells
  • multicel·lularhaving many cells
Chinese Mandarin 多細胞的 /多细胞的
  • 多細胞的 /多细胞的 (duōxìbāo de)having many cells
Czech mnohobuněčný
  • mnohobuněčnýhaving many cells
Danish flercellet, multicellulær
  • flercellethaving many cells
  • multicellulærhaving many cells
Dutch meercellig
  • meercellighaving many cells
Finnish monisoluinen
  • monisoluinenhaving many cells
French multicellulaire
  • multicellulairehaving many cells
German vielzellig
  • vielzellighaving many cells
Hindi बहुकोशिकीय
  • बहुकोशिकीय (bahukośikīya)having many cells
Hungarian többsejtű
  • többsejtűhaving many cells
Italian pluricellulare, multicellulare
  • pluricellularehaving many cells
  • multicellularehaving many cells
Japanese 多細胞の
  • 多細胞の (tasaibō no)having many cells
Korean 다세포의
  • 다세포의 (dasepoui)having many cells
Latvian daudzšūnu
  • daudzšūnuhaving many cells
Māori pūtautini
  • pūtautinihaving many cells
Norwegian Bokmål flercellet
  • flercellethaving many cells
Persian پریاخته, چندسلولی
  • پریاخته (poryāxte)having many cells
  • چندسلولی (čandseluli)having many cells
Polish wielokomórkowy
  • wielokomórkowyhaving many cells
Portuguese multicelular
  • multicelularhaving many cells
Romanian pluricelular
  • pluricelularhaving many cells
Russian многокле́точный, многоклетево́й
  • многокле́точный (mnogoklétočnyj)having many cells
  • многоклетево́й (mnogokletevój)having many cells
Slovak mnohobunkový
  • mnohobunkovýhaving many cells
Spanish multicelular, pluricelular
  • multicelularhaving many cells
  • pluricelularhaving many cells
Swedish multicellulär, flercellig
  • multicellulärhaving many cells
  • flercellighaving many cells
Ukrainian багатокліти́нний
  • багатокліти́нний (bahatoklitýnnyj)having many cells
Welsh amlgellog
  • amlgelloghaving many cells
Cite this entry
APA

multicellular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicellular

MLA

“multicellular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicellular. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multicellular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicellular.

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