prokaryote

English

A diagram of a typical prokaryote cell, in this case, a bacterium

From pro- +‎ Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut, kernel”) +‎ -ote.

prokaryote (plural prokaryotes)

An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.
In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).

organism characterized by absence of nucleus

Arabic: بِدَائِيَّات النَّوَى (bidāʔiyyāt an-nawā)
Catalan: procariota m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 原核生物 (jyun⁴ hat⁶ sang¹ mat⁶)

Mandarin: 原核生物 (zh) (yuánhéshēngwù)
Finnish: prokaryootti (fi), prokariootti, alkeistumallinen, esitumainen, tumaton (fi)
French: procaryote (fr) m
Georgian: პროკარიოტი (ṗroḳarioṭi)
German: Prokaryot (de) m
Greek: προκαρυώτης m (prokaryótis)
Icelandic: dreifkjörnungur m
Ido: prokarioto (io)
Italian: procariote (it) m
Japanese: 原核生物 (ja) (げんかくせいぶつ, genkaku-seibutsu)
Khmer: ប្រូការីយ៉ូត (km) (proukaariiyout)
Korean: 원핵생물(原核生物) (ko) (wonhaeksaengmul)
Latin: prokaryota
Occitan: procariòta m
Polish: prokariont (pl) m
Portuguese: procarionte (pt) m, procarioto m
Quechua: kawsaykuq hukinnaq
Romanian: procariot (ro) n
Russian: прокарио́та f (prokarióta)
Spanish: procariota (es) f, procarionte (es) m
Swedish: prokaryot (sv)
Vietnamese: sinh vật nhân sơ (vi)

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