embrião

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (careful, faster) /ẽˈbɾjɐ̃w̃/ [ẽˈbɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ĩ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.bɾiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster) /ĩˈbɾjɐ̃w̃/ [ĩˈbɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/, (faster) /ẽˈbɾjɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: em‧bri‧ão

Noun

embrião m (plural embriões)

1. embryo (all senses)
2. germ
3. origin, beginning

Further reading

• “embrião”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “embrião”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026