spermatozoo

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Esperanto

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “sperm”) + ζῷον (zôion, “living thing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Hyphenation: sper‧ma‧to‧zo‧o

Noun

spermatozoo (accusative singular spermatozoon, plural spermatozooj, accusative plural spermatozoojn)

  1. (cytology) spermatozoon

Italian

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Etymology

From spermato- +‎ -zoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌspɛr.ma.todˈd͡zɔ.o/, /sper.ma.todˈd͡zɔ.o/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔo
  • Hyphenation: sper‧ma‧to‧zò‧o

Noun

spermatozoo m (plural spermatozoi)

  1. spermatozoon

References

  1. ^ spermatozoo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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