núcleo
Portuguese
noun
Definitions
- nucleus core, central part of something
- nucleus initial part which will receive additions
- (chemistry) nucleus massive, positively charged core of an atom
- (cytology) nucleus large organelle found in cells
- (linguistics) nucleus centre of a syllable
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nū̆cleus (kernel, core).
Origin
Latin
nū̆cleus
Gloss
kernel, core
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nuclear English
- nuclearis Latin
- nucleatus Latin
- nucleo Latin
- nū̆cleus Latin
- nucleo Italian
- núcleo Spanish, Castilian
- antinúcleo Portuguese
- micronúcleo Portuguese
- nucleotídeo Portuguese
- polinucleotídeo Portuguese
- nucli Catalan, Valencian
- núcleo Galician
- nucleu Asturian