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embryo definition

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This page has 14 definitions of embryo with English translations in 7 languages. Embryo is a noun. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

See also: Embryo and embryo-

English embryo definition

Alternative forms

  • (after the Medieval Latin embryo) embrio [Middle English to the 18th century], embryo [17th century to the present] (singular forms); embryones [17th century to the present], embrio’s [17th–18th centuries], embrioes [17th century], embryos [19th century to the present] (plural forms)
  • (after the stem (embryōn-) of the Medieval Latin embryo) embrioun [Middle English], embrion [Middle English to the 18th century], embryon [17th–19th centuries] (singular forms); embrions [17th C.], embryons [17th–19th centuries] (plural forms)
  • (after the Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon)) embryon [17th century to the present] (singular form); embryons [17th century to the present], embrya [18th century to the present] (plural forms)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, fetus), from ἐν (en, in-) + βρύω (brúō, I grow, swell). Possibly related to Hebrew עֻבָּר(fetus, embryo) ('ʊbar).

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Noun

embryo (plural embryos or embryones)

  1. In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
  2. An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
  3. In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
  4. In humans, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy
  5. (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
  6. (figurative) The beginning; the first stage of anything.

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Czech embryo definition

Pronunciation

Noun

embryo n

  1. embryo
    Synonym: zárodek

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Further reading

  • embryo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • embryo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • embryo in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch embryo definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, fetus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛm.bri.oː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: em‧bryo

Noun

embryo n (plural embryo's, diminutive embryootje n)

  1. embryo

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Descendants

Finnish embryo definition

Etymology

Internationalism (see English embryo), ultimately from Medieval Latin embryō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈembryo/, [ˈe̞mbryo̞]
  • Rhymes: -embryo
  • Syllabification(key): emb‧ry‧o

Noun

embryo (rare)

  1. embryo

Declension

Inflection of embryo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative embryo embryot
genitive embryon embryoiden
embryoitten
partitive embryota embryoita
illative embryoon embryoihin
singular plural
nominative embryo embryot
accusative nom. embryo embryot
gen. embryon
genitive embryon embryoiden
embryoitten
partitive embryota embryoita
inessive embryossa embryoissa
elative embryosta embryoista
illative embryoon embryoihin
adessive embryolla embryoilla
ablative embryolta embryoilta
allative embryolle embryoille
essive embryona embryoina
translative embryoksi embryoiksi
abessive embryotta embryoitta
instructive embryoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of embryo (type valtio)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative embryoni embryoni
accusative nom. embryoni embryoni
gen. embryoni
genitive embryoni embryoideni
embryoitteni
partitive embryotani embryoitani
inessive embryossani embryoissani
elative embryostani embryoistani
illative embryooni embryoihini
adessive embryollani embryoillani
ablative embryoltani embryoiltani
allative embryolleni embryoilleni
essive embryonani embryoinani
translative embryokseni embryoikseni
abessive embryottani embryoittani
instructive
comitative embryoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative embryosi embryosi
accusative nom. embryosi embryosi
gen. embryosi
genitive embryosi embryoidesi
embryoittesi
partitive embryotasi embryoitasi
inessive embryossasi embryoissasi
elative embryostasi embryoistasi
illative embryoosi embryoihisi
adessive embryollasi embryoillasi
ablative embryoltasi embryoiltasi
allative embryollesi embryoillesi
essive embryonasi embryoinasi
translative embryoksesi embryoiksesi
abessive embryottasi embryoittasi
instructive
comitative embryoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative embryomme embryomme
accusative nom. embryomme embryomme
gen. embryomme
genitive embryomme embryoidemme
embryoittemme
partitive embryotamme embryoitamme
inessive embryossamme embryoissamme
elative embryostamme embryoistamme
illative embryoomme embryoihimme
adessive embryollamme embryoillamme
ablative embryoltamme embryoiltamme
allative embryollemme embryoillemme
essive embryonamme embryoinamme
translative embryoksemme embryoiksemme
abessive embryottamme embryoittamme
instructive
comitative embryoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative embryonne embryonne
accusative nom. embryonne embryonne
gen. embryonne
genitive embryonne embryoidenne
embryoittenne
partitive embryotanne embryoitanne
inessive embryossanne embryoissanne
elative embryostanne embryoistanne
illative embryoonne embryoihinne
adessive embryollanne embryoillanne
ablative embryoltanne embryoiltanne
allative embryollenne embryoillenne
essive embryonanne embryoinanne
translative embryoksenne embryoiksenne
abessive embryottanne embryoittanne
instructive
comitative embryoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative embryonsa embryonsa
accusative nom. embryonsa embryonsa
gen. embryonsa
genitive embryonsa embryoidensa
embryoittensa
partitive embryotaan
embryotansa
embryoitaan
embryoitansa
inessive embryossaan
embryossansa
embryoissaan
embryoissansa
elative embryostaan
embryostansa
embryoistaan
embryoistansa
illative embryoonsa embryoihinsa
adessive embryollaan
embryollansa
embryoillaan
embryoillansa
ablative embryoltaan
embryoltansa
embryoiltaan
embryoiltansa
allative embryolleen
embryollensa
embryoilleen
embryoillensa
essive embryonaan
embryonansa
embryoinaan
embryoinansa
translative embryokseen
embryoksensa
embryoikseen
embryoiksensa
abessive embryottaan
embryottansa
embryoittaan
embryoittansa
instructive
comitative embryoineen
embryoinensa

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Interlingua embryo definition

Noun

embryo (plural embryos)

  1. embryo

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Norwegian Bokmål embryo definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, fetus).

Noun

embryo n (definite singular embryoet, indefinite plural embryo or embryoer, definite plural embryoa or embryoene)

  1. (biology, botany) an embryo

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Norwegian Nynorsk embryo definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, fetus).

Noun

embryo n (definite singular embryoet, indefinite plural embryo, definite plural embryoa)

  1. (biology, botany) an embryo

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Swedish embryo definition

Noun

embryo n

  1. embryo; an unborn baby that is less developed than a fetus.
  2. embryo; an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

Declension

Declension of embryo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative embryo embryot embryon embryona
Genitive embryos embryots embryons embryonas