cytoplasmic
/saɪtə(ʊ)ˈplazmɪk/adjective
cytoplasmic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to cytoplasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-T-O-P-L-A-S-M-I-C and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does cytoplasmic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to cytoplasm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cytoplasmic?
- UK /saɪtə(ʊ)ˈplazmɪk/
Cytoplasmic has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cytoplasmic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is cytoplasmic?
Cytoplasmic appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cytoplasmic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to cytoplasm:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cytoplasmique |
| Spanish | citoplasmático |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cytoplasmic come from?
From cytoplasm + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).