hormón

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, to set in motion, to urge on).

Pronunciation

Noun

hormón m (genitive singular hormóns, nominative plural hormónar)
hormón n (genitive singular hormóns, nominative plural hormón)

  1. hormone

Declension

Usage notes

  • More common in the macsuline gender. Also used in the masculine weak form hormóni.

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, to set in motion, to urge on).

Noun

hormón m (genitive singular hormóin, nominative plural hormóin)

  1. hormone

Declension

Declension of hormón (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative hormón hormóin
vocative a hormóin a hormóna
genitive hormóin hormón
dative hormón hormóin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an hormón na hormóin
genitive an hormóin na hormón
dative leis an hormón
don hormón
leis na hormóin

Derived terms

References

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, to set in motion, to urge on).

Pronunciation

Noun

hormón m inan (related adjective hormónový or hormonálny, diminutive hormónik)

  1. hormone

Declension

Further reading

  • hormón”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024