Meanings
nounribosome (plural ribosomes)
plural ribosomes
- biologyA small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.First known use 20th c.
Origin
Translations
Catalan ribosoma
- ribosomaorganelle
Chinese Cantonese 核糖體 /核糖体, 核糖核蛋白體 /核糖核蛋白体
- 核糖體 /核糖体 (hat⁶ tong⁴ tai²)organelle
- 核糖核蛋白體 /核糖核蛋白体organelle
- 核蛋白體 /核蛋白体organelle
Chinese Mandarin 核糖體 /核糖体, 核糖核蛋白體 /核糖核蛋白体
- 核糖體 /核糖体 (hétángtǐ)organelle
- 核糖核蛋白體 /核糖核蛋白体 (hétáng hédànbáitǐ)organelle
- 核蛋白體 /核蛋白体 (hédànbáitǐ)organelle
Czech ribozom
- ribozomorganelle
Dutch ribosoom
- ribosoomorganelle
Esperanto ribosomo
- ribosomoorganelle
Finnish ribosomi
- ribosomiorganelle
French ribosome
- ribosomeorganelle
German Ribosom
- Ribosomorganelle
Greek ριβόσωμα
- ριβόσωμα (rivósoma)organelle
Hindi राइबोसोम
- राइबोसोम (rāibosom)organelle
Hungarian riboszóma
- riboszómaorganelle
Icelandic netkorn
- netkornorganelle
Indonesian ribosom
- ribosomorganelle
Italian ribosoma
- ribosomaorganelle
Japanese リボソーム
- リボソーム (ribosōmu)organelle
Lithuanian ribosoma
- ribosomaorganelle
Māori tuipūmua
- tuipūmuaorganelle
Polish rybosom
- rybosomorganelle
Portuguese ribossomo, ribossoma
- ribossomoorganelle
- ribossomaorganelle
Romanian ribozom
- ribozomorganelle
Russian рибосо́ма
- рибосо́ма (ribosóma)organelle
Spanish ribosoma
- ribosomaorganelle
Swedish ribosom
- ribosomorganelle
Tagalog ribolawas
- ribolawasorganelle
Turkish ribozom
- ribozomorganelle
Ukrainian рибосо́ма
- рибосо́ма (rybosóma)organelle
Vietnamese ribôxôm
- ribôxômorganelle
Welsh ribosom
- ribosomorganelle
Cite this entry
APA
ribosome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribosome
MLA
“ribosome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribosome. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ribosome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribosome.
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