embryon

English

Noun

embryon (plural embryons)

  1. Archaic form of embryo.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for embryon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Finnish

Noun

embryon

  1. Genitive singular form of embryo.

French

Etymology

From Middle French embrion, from a Medieval Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “I grow, swell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/
  • Homophone: embryons
  • Hyphenation: em‧bry‧on

Noun

embryon m (plural embryons)

  1. (biology) embryo
  2. (botany) embryo
  3. embryo (the beginning, the first stage)

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Swedish

Noun

embryon

  1. indefinite plural of embryo
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