clone

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.

• enPR: klōn
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /kloʊn/

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kləʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

clone (plural clones)

1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
2. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.

clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)

1. (transitive) To create a clone of.

   The scientists were able to clone a sheep.

   We cloned the database to perform some testing.

• H.J. Webber. "New Horticultural and Agricultural Terms". Science (new series) 18:501-503, 1903, DOI: 10.1126/science.18.459.501-b.
• C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
• C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
• W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.

• Colen, Colne

clone

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of clonar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of clonar

From Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).

• IPA^(key): /klon/, /klɔn/
• Homophones: clonent, clones
• Hyphenation: clone

clone m (plural clones)

1. clone

• cloner

clone

1. first-person singular present indicative of cloner
2. third-person singular present indicative of cloner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
5. second-person singular imperative of cloner

• “clone” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• leçon, oncle

From Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈklo.ne/

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• Hyphenation: clo‧ne

clone m (plural cloni)

1. clone

• clonare
• clonato

clone m (plural clones)

1. clone (organism produced asexually from a single ancestor)
2. clone (copy of something already existing)
3. clone (group of identical cells derived from a single cell)

clone

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of clonar

   É importante que eu clone a ovelha.

   It’s important that I clone the sheep.

2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of clonar

   É importante que ele clone a ovelha.

   It’s important that he clones the sheep.

3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of clonar

   Você aí, clone a ovelha sozinho.

   You there, clone the sheep by yourself.

4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of clonar

   Você aí, não clone a ovelha sozinho.

   You there, don’t clone the sheep by yourself.

clone

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of clonar.