hormón

Icelandic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔrmouːn/

Noun

hormón n or m (genitive singular hormóns, nominative plural hormón or hormónar)

1. hormone

Declension

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Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).

Noun

hormón m (genitive singular hormóin, nominative plural hormóin)

1. hormone

Declension

Declension of hormón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative hormón hormóin Vocative a hormóin a hormóna Genitive hormóin hormón Dative hormón hormóin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an hormón na hormóin Genitive an hormóin na hormón Dative leis an hormón don hormón leis na hormóin

Derived terms

• hormónach (“hormonal”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hormón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔrmoːn]

Noun

hormón m inan (genitive singular hormónu, nominative plural hormóny, genitive plural hormónov, declension pattern of dub)

1. hormone

Declension

Declension of hormón

	singular	plural
nominative	hormón	hormóny
genitive	hormónu	hormónov
dative	hormónu	hormónom
accusative	hormón	hormóny
locative	hormóne	hormónoch
instrumental	hormónom	hormónmi

Related terms

• hormonálny

References

• “hormón”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024