embryon

English

Noun

embryon (plural embryons)

1. Archaic form of embryo.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “embryon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Finnish

Noun

embryon

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of embryo

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French

Etymology

From Middle French embrion, from a Medieval Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “I grow, swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/
• Homophone: embryons
• Hyphenation: em‧bry‧on

Noun

embryon m (plural embryons)

1. (biology) embryo
2. (botany) embryo
3. embryo (the beginning, the first stage)

Derived terms

• embryonnaire

Further reading

• “embryon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Swedish

Noun

embryon

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of embryo