homologue

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Singular
homologue

Plural
homologues

homologue (plural homologues)

  1. A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  2. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  3. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.

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homologue (epicene, plural homologues)

  1. homologous

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homologue m. and f. (plural homologues)

  1. counterpart

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homologue (infinitive: homologar)

  1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of homologar.
  2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of homologar.
  3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of homologar.