embryon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).
Noun[edit]
embryon (plural embryons)
Adjective[edit]
embryon (comparative more embryon, superlative most embryon)
- (now rare) Embryonic. [from 17th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, “Book Expression error: Unrecognized word "ii".”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC:
- [F]our Champions fierce / Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring / Thir embryon Atoms […] .
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
embryon
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French embrion, from Medieval Latin embryon, embrion, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
embryon m (plural embryons)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “embryon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
embryon
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