micelle

• micell (dated)
• micella

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

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈsɛl/, /məˈsɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

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

• IPA^(key): [miˈselə]

micelle

1. micelle

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

• IPA^(key): /mi.sɛl/

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micelle f (plural micelles)

1. micelle

• micellaire

• mie

• Turkish: misel

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

micelle f

1. plural of micella