flagel

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [fləˈʒe̞l]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [fləˈʒɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [flaˈd͡ʒɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [flaˈʒɛl]

• 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, 2026
• “flagel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “flagel”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Dutch

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagellum (19th century); cf. also French flagelle.

Noun

flagel n (plural flageluri)

1. scourge, whip

   Synonym: bici

2. calamity, disaster

   Synonyms: calamitate, dezastru