Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vacuole

/ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: vac-uole
IPA: /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.

noun

A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.

Example Sentences

"This surface itself was not entirely homogeneous, but beneath it, seen as through ground glass, there were dim whitish patches or vacuoles, which varied constantly in shape and size."

Etymology

From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: vacuole, -, vacuus

Inflected Forms

vacuoles (plural)

Derived Forms

endovacuole hemivacuole macrovacuole microvacuole prevacuole provacuole vacuolar vacuolate vacuolated vacuolation vacuolic vacuolin

Phrases

contractile vacuole food vacuole parasitophorous vacuole

Questions

How do you pronounce vacuole?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/.
What does vacuole mean?: A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
Where does vacuole come from?: It is traced to French.

How to pronounce vacuole

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