nucleus

Etymology
. The earliest uses refer to the head of a comet and the kernel of a seed, both recorded in in 1704. The sense in atomic physics was in a theoretical meaning.

Noun

 * 1) The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.
 * 2) An initial part or version that will receive additions.
 * 3)  The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
 * 4)  A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
 * 5)  A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
 * 6)  The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.
 * 1)  A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
 * 2)  A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
 * 3)  The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.
 * 1)  The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kern
 * Arabic: نَوَاة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: nucleu
 * Belarusian: ядро́, цэнтр
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kerne
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: ядро
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ناوک
 * Macedonian: јадро
 * Malay:
 * Maori: karihi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclas, eitean, cridhe
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је́згра
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: jadro
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: مَرکَزَہ


 * Afrikaans: kern
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclas, eitean, cridhe
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је́згра
 * Roman:


 * Afrikaans: nukleus, atoomkern
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَوَاة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: nucleu
 * Azerbaijani: nüvə
 * Belarusian: ядро́
 * Breton: kraoñell
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბირთვი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: नाभिक, केंद्रक
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: núicléas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ядро
 * Khmer: នយស្តិ, ណ្វៃយ៉ូ
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ناوک
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: kodols
 * Lithuanian: branduolys
 * Macedonian: јадро
 * Malay:
 * Maori: karihi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је́згра
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: jadro
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: nyukliasi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: butod
 * Tajik: ядро
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Turkmen: ýadro
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ,


 * Afrikaans: selkern
 * Arabic: نَوَاة
 * Belarusian: ядро́
 * Breton: kraoñell
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 細胞核
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: nukleo
 * Faroese: kyknukjarni
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: inti sel,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ядро
 * Khmer: ណ្វៃយ៉ូ
 * Korean: 세포핵(細胞核)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ناوک
 * Macedonian: јадро
 * Malay:
 * Manx: çheshvean
 * Maori: karihi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ
 * Navajo: hinááh bijéí bijéí
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk:, cellekjerne
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је́згра
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: jadro
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: nyukliasi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: butod
 * Turkish:, hücre çekirdeği, nükleus
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: nhân tế bào,
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: nukleus
 * Dutch:
 * Hungarian:
 * Kazakh: ядро
 * Malay:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је́згра
 * Roman:


 * Afrikaans: sillabekern
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: szótagmag
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclas
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (1)
 * Breton: ,
 * German: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish: (1,3)  (2)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) nucleus, core

Etymology
A diminutive of, with an irregular change of gender from feminine to masculine.

Noun

 * 1)  (small) nut
 * 2) kernel
 * 3)  core

Descendants

 * Derived:
 * Borrowed:
 * Borrowed:
 * Borrowed: