clone

See also cloné

English

Wikipedia ^en

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: klōn
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

clone (plural clones)

1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
2. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
3. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[1]

Derived terms

• holoclone
• meroclone
• paraclone
• polyclone

Translations

living organism (originally a plant)

Chinese: Mandarin: 克隆 (cmn) (kèlóng), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì) Dutch: kloon (nl) Finnish: klooni (fi) French: clone (fr) m. German: Klon (de) m.

Greek: κλώνος (el) (klónos) m. Italian: clone (it) m. Japanese: クローン (ja) (kurōn) Korean: 클론 (ko) (keullon) Russian: клон (ru) (klon) m. Spanish: clon (es) m.

copy of something already existing

Chinese: Mandarin: 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì) Dutch: kloon (nl) Finnish: klooni (fi)

French: clone (fr) m. Greek: κλώνος (el) (klónos) m. Italian: clone (it) m. Russian: клон (ru) (klon) m., копия (ru) (kópija) f.

group of identical cells derived from a single cell

Chinese: Mandarin: 克隆 (cmn) (kèlóng), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì) Dutch: kloon (nl)

Finnish: klooni (fi) French: clone (fr) m. Greek: κλώνος (el) (klónos) m.

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German: Klon (de) m.

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: клон m. Roman: klon m. Swedish: klon (sv) c.

Verb

clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)

1. To create a clone.

Translations

create a clone

Chinese: Mandarin: 克隆 (cmn) (kèlóng), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì) Dutch: klonen (nl) Finnish: kloonata (fi) French: cloner (fr) German: klonen (de) Greek: κλωνοποιώ (el) (klonopoió) (active voice), κλωνοποιούμαι (el) (klonopoioúmai) (passive voice)

Italian: clonare (it) Russian: клонировать (ru) (klonírovat') impf./pf. Serbian: Cyrillic: клонирати Roman: klonirati Spanish: clonar (es) Swedish: klona (sv)

References

• C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
• C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
• W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klon/, /klɔn/, X-SAMPA: /klon/, /klOn/
• Homophones: clonent, clones
• Hyphenation: clone

Noun

clone m. (plural clones)

1. clone

Derived terms

• cloner

Verb

clone

1. first-person singular present indicative of cloner
2. third-person singular present indicative of cloner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
5. second-person singular imperative of cloner

Anagrams

• leçon, oncle

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈklo.ne/, X-SAMPA: /'klo.ne/
• Hyphenation: clo‧ne

Noun

clone m. (plural cloni)

1. clone

Related terms

• clonare
• clonato

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Spanish

Verb

clone (infinitive clonar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of clonar.