zygote

zygote

See also: Zygote

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζυγωτός (zugōtós, “yoked”), past participle of ζυγόω (zugóō, “to yoke”), from ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”). Cognate with yoke and jugular.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪɡəʊt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪɡoʊt/

Noun

zygote (plural zygotes)

1. A fertilized egg cell.

   Hyponyms: homozygote, heterozygote

Derived terms

• prezygote
• zygotic
• zygotically

 

Related terms

• dizygotic
• monozygotic
• zygosity

 

Translations

fertilized egg cell

Catalan: zigot m Chinese: Mandarin: 受精卵 (zh) (shòujīngluǎn), 合子 (zh) (hézǐ) Czech: zygota f Danish: zygote c Estonian: sügoot Finnish: tsygootti (fi), hedelmöitynyt munasolu French: zygote (fr) m Galician: cigoto (gl) m German: Zygote (de) f Greek: ζυγωτό (el) n (zygotó) Hebrew: זִיגוֹטָה‎ (he) f (zigóta) Hindi: युग्मनज m (yugmanaj) Hungarian: zigóta (hu) Icelandic: okfruma f Ido: zigoto (io) Italian: zigote (it) m Japanese: 接合子 (せつごうし, setsugōshi) Korean: 접합자(接合子) (jeophapja) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: zîgot f Malay: Jawi: زيݢوت‎ Rumi: zigot Maori: pūtau hua Polish: zygota (pl) f Portuguese: zigoto (pt) m Russian: зиго́та (ru) f (zigóta) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: зиго̀та f Roman: zigòta (sh) f Spanish: cigoto (es) m, zigoto (es) m Swedish: zygot (sv) c Tagalog: punlog Telugu: సంయుక్తబీజము (saṁyuktabījamu) Turkish: zigot (tr) Vietnamese: hợp tử (合子)

Further reading

• zygote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi.ɡɔt/

• Audio

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Noun

zygote m (plural zygotes)

1. zygote

Derived terms

• zygotique

Further reading

• “zygote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.