molecule – English noun declension

English noun forms of molecule

Noun: molecule
Singularmolecule
Pluralmolecules; moleculae; moleculæ

Sample Sentences

  • Hydrogen chloride is a diatomic molecule, consisting of a hydrogen atom and a chlorine atom.
  • The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. This system splits water molecules and delivers some of their electrons to other molecules that help build up carbohydrates. [2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, Sigma Xi, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2013:]
  • Clinical trials testing the molecule in humans have been underway for three years, Sinclair said. [2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN:]

Nouns inflected like molecule

molecule,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Latin mōlēs
3. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
4. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
5. Proto-Italic *-elos
6. Proto-Italic *-kelos
7. Latin -cula
8. New Latin mōlēculalbor.
9. French moléculebor.
10. English molecule
11. Borrowed from French molécule, from New Latin molecula (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”). See: French Nouns 'molécule', Latin Nouns 'moles'.