embryon

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English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).

Noun

embryon (plural embryons)

  1. Archaic form of embryo.

Adjective

embryon (comparative more embryon, superlative most embryon)

  1. (now rare) Embryonic.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:
      [F]our Champions fierce / Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring / Thir embryon Atoms […] .

Finnish

Noun

embryon

  1. genitive singular of embryo

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French embrion, from Medieval Latin embryon, embrion, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/
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  • Homophone: embryons
  • Hyphenation: em‧bry‧on

Noun

embryon m (plural embryons)

  1. (biology) embryo
  2. (botany) embryo
  3. embryo (the beginning, the first stage)

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Swedish

Noun

embryon

  1. indefinite plural of embryo
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