hormona
Asturian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).
Noun
hormona f (plural hormones)
- hormone
Related terms
- hormonal
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).
Noun
hormona f (plural hormones)
- hormone
Related terms
- hormonal
Further reading
- “hormona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “hormona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “hormona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).
Noun
hormona f (plural hormonas)
- hormone
Related terms
- hormonal
Further reading
- “hormona” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- hormonene
Noun
hormona n
- definite plural of hormon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hormona n
- definite plural of hormon
Portuguese
Etymology
From English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/ [oɦˈmõ.nɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oɾˈmõ.nɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oɻˈmo.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾˈmo.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: hor‧mo‧na
Noun
hormona f (plural hormonas)
- (Portugal, physiology, endocrinology) hormone (substance that produces physiological effects)
- Synonym: (Brazil) hormônio
Derived terms
- hormonal
- hormono-
Spanish
Etymology
From English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”), from ὁρμάω (hormáō), ὁρμῶ (hormô, “to set in motion, to urge on, to cheer on, to make a start, to hasten on”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾˈmona/ [oɾˈmo.na]
- Rhymes: -ona
- Syllabification: hor‧mo‧na
Noun
hormona f (plural hormonas)
- hormone
Derived terms
- hormona de sexo
- hormonal
- parathormona
- prohormona
- terapia de hormonas
Further reading
- “hormona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014