kromosom

Danish

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁomoˈsoˀm/

Noun

kromosom n (singular definite kromosomet, plural indefinite kromosomer)

1. (cytology, genetics) chromosome

Inflection

Declension of kromosom

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kromosom	kromosomet	kromosomer	kromosomerne
genitive	kromosoms	kromosomets	kromosomers	kromosomernes

Derived terms

Terms derived from kromosom

• kromosomal
• kromosomfejl
• kromosomforandring

• kromosompar
• kromosomsygdom
• kønskromosom

• X-kromosom
• Y-kromosom

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Noun

kromosom n (definite singular kromosomet, indefinite plural kromosom or kromosomer, definite plural kromosoma or kromosomene)

1. (genetics) chromosome

References

• “kromosom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Noun

kromosom n (definite singular kromosomet, indefinite plural kromosom, definite plural kromosoma)

1. (genetics) chromosome

References

• “kromosom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): hromòsōm

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”); synchronically, kromo- +‎ -som.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kromǒsoːm/
• Hyphenation: kro‧mo‧som

Noun

kromòsōm m (Cyrillic spelling кромо̀со̄м)

1. (Croatia, genetics) chromosome

Declension

Declension of kromosom

	singular	plural
nominative	kromòsōm	kromosomi
genitive	kromosóma	kromosoma
dative	kromosomu	kromosomima
accusative	kromosom	kromosome
vocative	kromosome	kromosomi
locative	kromosomu	kromosomima
instrumental	kromosomom	kromosomima

References

• “kromosom” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Noun

kromosom c

1. (genetics) chromosome

Declension

Declension of kromosom
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kromosom	kromosomen	kromosomer	kromosomerna
Genitive	kromosoms	kromosomens	kromosomers	kromosomernas

Derived terms

• X-kromosom
• Y-kromosom
• könskromosom