embryon
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).
Noun
embryon (plural embryons)
- Archaic form of embryo.
Adjective
embryon (comparative more embryon, superlative most embryon)
- (now rare) Embryonic. [from 17th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- [F]our Champions fierce / Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring / Thir embryon Atoms […] .
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Finnish
Noun
embryon
- genitive singular 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/
Audio (file) - Homophone: embryons
- Hyphenation: em‧bry‧on
Noun
embryon m (plural embryons)
- (biology) embryo
- (botany) embryo
- embryo (the beginning, the first stage)
Derived terms
- embryogenèse
- embryonnaire
Further reading
- “embryon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
embryon
- indefinite plural of embryo.