caveola

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, constructed from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) +‎ -ola (diminutive suffix). Doublet of jail, which is from Late Latin caveola, an earlier, natural formation of the same term. More at cave, cavum, cava and cage. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊlə === Noun === caveola (plural caveolae) A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== caveogenesis caveolar caveolin ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === coaeval, coæval == Italian == === Noun === caveola f (plural caveole) caveola == Latin == === Etymology === From cavea (“cage”) + -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in glosses from late antiquity. === Noun === caveola f (genitive caveolae); first declension (Late Latin) little cage ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “jaula”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 501 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kabeˈola/ [ka.β̞eˈo.la] Rhymes: -ola Syllabification: ca‧ve‧o‧la === Noun === caveola f (plural caveolas) caveola ==== Related terms ====