gamete
See also: gamète
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡæmiːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːt
Noun
gamete (plural gametes)
- (cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- Synonyms: sex cell, reproductive cell, germ cell
- Hyponyms: spermatozoon, sperm, ovum, egg; see also Thesaurus:gamete
Derived terms
Translations
reproductive cell
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Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), from γαμέω (gaméō, “I marry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈmɛ.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛte
- Hyphenation: ga‧mè‧te
Derived terms
Further reading
- gamete in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- gamete in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- gamete in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- gamete in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- gamète in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- gamète in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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