Definition
A tiny particle or cell; the singular Latin form of corpuscles used in scientific terminology.
Etymology
The Latin diminutive singular of 'corpus' (body), literally meaning 'small body' or 'little body.' It remained in scientific Latin terminology even as English developed the anglicized 'corpuscle.'
Kelly Says
Scientists still use Latin terms like 'corpusculum' for precision and prestige—it's like wearing a lab coat to sound official, but it actually works because Latin was the universal language of scholarship for centuries, making it the 'language of science' even today.
Translations
CACatalà
corpuscul
kor-pus-kul
CSČeština
corpuskulární
kor-pus-kul-ar-ni
DADansk
corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
DEDeutsch
Corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
ESEspañol
corpusculo
kor-pus-koo-loh
FAفارسی
کُرپُسُکُل
kor-pus-ku-l
FISuomi
corpuskulaarinen
kor-pus-kyoo-laari-nen
FRFrançais
corpuscule
kor-pus-kyoo-l
HEעברית
גוף זעיר
gof ze'ir
HUMagyar
corpuskuláris
kor-pus-kyoo-la-ris
IDBahasa Indonesia
corpuskul
kor-pus-kul
ITItaliano
corpuscolo
kor-pus-koh-loh
KKKK
Corpuscul
kor-pus-kul
MSBahasa Melayu
corpuskul
kor-pus-kul
NLNederlands
corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
NONorsk
corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
PLPolski
corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
PTPortuguês
corpusculo
kor-pus-koo-loh
RORomână
corpusculat
kor-pus-kyoo-lat
RUРусский
корпускула
korpuskula
SVSvenska
corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
SWKiswahili
corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
TLTL
corpusculum
kor-pus-kyoo-lum
TRTürkçe
corpuskül
kor-pus-kyoo-l
UKУкраїнська
корпускула
korpuskyula
VITiếng Việt
corpuscule
kor-pus-kyoo-l
ZUZU
inkosana
in-ko-sa-na