flagel

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fləˈʒɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [flaˈd͡ʒɛl]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

flagel m (plural flagels)

1. flagellum (in protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding)
2. flagellum (in bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion)

Derived terms

• flagel·lar
• flagel·lat

Related terms

• flagell
• flagel·lar

Further reading

• “flagel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “flagel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “flagel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “flagel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaːˈɣɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fla‧gel

Noun

flagel m (plural flagellen, diminutive flagelletje n)

1. flagellum

   Synonyms: flagellum, zweepdraad, zweephaar, zweepstaart