micelle

micelle

English

Alternative forms

• micell (dated)
• micella

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin micella, from mica (“crumb”) + -ella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈsɛl/, /məˈsɛl/

Noun

micelle (plural micelles)

1. (chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration

Derived terms

• critical micelle concentration
• hemimicelle
• micellar
• micellize
• micromicelle
• nanomicelle
• pseudomicelle
• submicelle

 

Translations

colloidal aggregate

Catalan: micel·la (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 膠束／胶束 (jiāoshù) Czech: micela f Danish: micelle c Finnish: miselli (fi) French: micelle (fr) f German: Mizelle (de) f Italian: micella (it) f Kazakh: мицелла (misella) Kyrgyz: мицелла (mitsella) Polish: micela (pl) f Portuguese: micela (pt) f Russian: мице́лла (ru) f (micélla) Spanish: micela f Swedish: micell c Turkish: misel (tr)

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈselə]

Noun

micelle

1. micelle

Declension

Declension of micelle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	micelle	micellen	miceller	micellerne
genitive	micelles	micellens	micellers	micellernes

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French

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin mīca, with the suffix -elle, or borrowed from New Latin micella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.sɛl/

• Audio

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Noun

micelle f (plural micelles)

1. micelle

Derived terms

• micellaire

Related terms

• mie

Descendants

• Turkish: misel

Further reading

• “micelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

micelle f

1. plural of micella