gamete

See also gamète

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαμετή (“wife”), γαμέτης (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡæmiːt/, SAMPA: /"g{m%it/
• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

gamete (plural gametes)

1. (cytology) A reproductive cell (male (sperm) or female (egg)) that has only half the usual number of chromosomes.

Synonyms

• sex cell
• See also Wikisaurus:gamete

Hyponyms

• spermatozoon
• sperm
• ovum
• egg

Hypernyms

• germ cell

Derived terms

• gametic
• gametically
• gametocyte
• gametogenesis
• gametophyte

See also

• oocyte
• spermatid
• meiosis
• syngamy

Translations

reproductive cell

Armenian: գամետ (hy) (gamet), սեռական բջիջ (hy) (seṙakan bǰiǰ) Catalan: gàmeta (ca) m. Czech: gameta (cs) f. Esperanto: gameto (eo) Estonian: sugurakk Finnish: sukusolu (fi), gameetti (fi) French: gamète (fr) m. Greek: γαμέτης (gamete) m. Hungarian: gaméta (hu)

Icelandic: kynfruma f. Ido: gameto (io) Italian: gamete (it) m. Japanese: 配偶子 (ja) (はいぐうし, haigūshi) Russian: гаме́та (ru) (gaméta) f. Spanish: gameto (es) m. Swedish: gamet (sv) c. Welsh: gamet (cy) m.

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Italian

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Noun

gamete m. (plural gameti)

1. (cytology) gamete

Derived terms

• gametangio
• gametofito
• gametogenesi

Anagrams

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