embryo

== English == === Alternative forms === (after the Medieval Latin embryo) embrio [Middle English to the 18th century], embryo [17th century to the present] (singular forms); embryones [17th century to the present], embrio’s [17th–18th centuries], embrioes [17th century], embryos [19th century to the present] (plural forms) (after the stem (embryōn-) of the Medieval Latin embryo) embrioun [Middle English], embrion [Middle English to the 18th century], embryon [17th–19th centuries] (singular forms); embrions [17th C.], embryons [17th–19th centuries] (plural forms) (after the Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon)) embryon [17th century to the present] (singular form); embryons [17th century to the present], embrya [18th century to the present] (plural forms) === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmbɹi.oʊ/ Hyphenation: em‧bryo === Noun === embryo (plural embryos or embryones) In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus. An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis. In a viviparous animal, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body. In a human, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy. (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed. (figurative) The beginning; the first stage of anything. ==== Coordinate terms ==== fetus, foetus zygote ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === embryo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Morbey, merboy == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛmbrɪjo] === Noun === embryo n embryo Synonym: zárodek ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “embryo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “embryo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “embryo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛm.bri.oː/ Hyphenation: em‧bryo === Noun === embryo n (plural embryo's, diminutive embryootje n) embryo ==== Usage notes ==== In botany, embryo refers to the very first stage of a plant's life while still in the seed. This stage is followed by the kiemplant and later zaailing stages. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: embrio == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English embryo), ultimately from Medieval Latin embryō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈembryo/, [ˈe̞m.bryo̞] Rhymes: -embryo Syllabification(key): emb‧ry‧o Hyphenation(key): emb‧ryo === Noun === embryo (rare) embryo ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== alkio === Further reading === “embryo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Interlingua == === Noun === embryo (plural embryos) embryo ==== Related terms ==== embryonal == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”). === Noun === embryo n (definite singular embryoet, indefinite plural embryo or embryoer, definite plural embryoa or embryoene) (biology, botany) an embryo ==== Related terms ==== foster === References === “embryo” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”). === Noun === embryo n (definite singular embryoet, indefinite plural embryo, definite plural embryoa) (biology, botany) an embryo ==== Related terms ==== foster === References === “embryo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Noun === embryo n an embryo (unborn baby less developed than a fetus) an embryo (organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis) (figuratively) an embryo (beginning, first stage) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== embryonal (“embryonic”) ==== See also ==== foster (“fetus”) === References === “embryo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “embryo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “embryo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)