vacuole

From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/

vacuole (plural vacuoles)

1. (cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
2. A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎:

     This surface itself was not entirely homogeneous, but beneath it, seen as through ground glass, there were dim whitish patches or vacuoles, which varied constantly in shape and size.

• IPA^(key): /va.kɥɔl/

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vacuole f (plural vacuoles)

1. vacuole

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