Polyglot Dictionary

Ribosom

/ʁiboˈzoːm/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Ribosomen

Meaning

  1. ribosome

    • Das Ribosom bildet Proteine.

      The ribosome makes proteins.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ribosoma

ribosoma is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ribosome."

Portuguese

ribossomo

ribossomo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ribosome."

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