hormona

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈmona/ [oɾˈmo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: hor‧mo‧na

Noun

hormona f (plural hormones)

1. hormone

Related terms

• hormonal

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [urˈmo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [orˈmo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾˈmo.na]

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• Hyphenation: hor‧mo‧na

Noun

hormona f (plural hormones)

1. hormone

Related terms

• hormonal

Further reading

• “hormona”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “hormona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “hormona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈmona/ [ɔɾˈmõ.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: hor‧mo‧na

Noun

hormona f (plural hormonas)

1. hormone

Related terms

• hormonal

Further reading

• “hormona”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hormonene

Noun

hormona n

1. definite plural of hormon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hormona n

1. definite plural of hormon

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/ [oɦˈmõ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/ [oɦˈmõ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈmõ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oɻˈmõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈmo.na/ [oɦˈmo.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈmo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: hor‧mo‧na

Noun

hormona f (plural hormonas)

1. (Portugal, physiology, endocrinology) hormone (substance that produces physiological effects)

   Synonym: hormônio (Brazil)

Derived terms

• hormonal
• hormono-

Further reading

• “hormona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”), from ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈmona/ [oɾˈmo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: hor‧mo‧na

Noun

hormona f (plural hormonas)

1. hormone
   • 2025 February, William F. Young Jr., “Generalidades sobre los trastornos endocrinos”, in Merck‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 September 2025:

     Los defectos enzimáticos en la síntesis de una hormona endocrina periférica pueden promover una hiperproducción de las hormonas proximales al bloqueo, como ocurre en la hiperplasia suprarrenal congénita.

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Derived terms

• hormona de sexo
• hormonal
• parathormona
• prohormona
• terapia de hormonas

Verb

hormona

1. inflection of hormonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hormona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025