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centrosome

French, noun/sɑ̃.tʁɔ.zom/

centrosome is spelled C-E-N-T-R-O-S-O-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centrosome is a French masculine noun meaning “centrosome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Centre cellulaire organisateur des microtubules dans les cellules animales, placé près du noyau”.

What does centrosome mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecentrosome

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Centre cellulaire organisateur des microtubules dans les cellules animales, placé près du noyau.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of centrosome

  • centrosomes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce centrosome?

  • /sɑ̃.tʁɔ.zom/
  • \sɑ̃.tʁɔ.zom\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to centrosome

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is centrosome in French?

centrosome appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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