gameto
Esperanto
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). Also morphologically equivalent to gamo (“gamut, musical scale”) + -et- (diminutive affix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡaˈmeto]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: ga‧me‧to
Noun
gameto (accusative singular gameton, plural gametoj, accusative plural gametojn)
- (cytology) gamete
Related terms
- gonado (“gonad”)
Ido
Noun
gameto (plural gameti)
- (cytology) gamete
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈmeto/ [ɡaˈme.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: ga‧me‧to
Noun
gameto m (plural gametos)
- (cytology) gamete
Further reading
- “gameto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014