English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπέρμα ( spérma , “ sperm ” ) + ζῷον ( zôion , “ living thing ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun
spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa )
( cytology ) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen , that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote .
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reproductive cell of the male
Armenian: սպերմատոզոիդ (hy) ( spermatozoid ) , սերմնաբջիջ (hy) ( sermnabǰiǰ )
Azerbaijani: spermatozoid
Chinese:
Mandarin: 精子 (zh) ( jīngzǐ )
Danish: sædcelle (da) c , spermatozo (da) c
Esperanto: spermatozoo
Finnish: siittiö (fi)
French: spermatozoïde (fr) m
German: Spermium (de) n , Samenzelle (de)
Greek: σπερματοζωάριο (el) n ( spermatozoário )
Hindi: शुक्राणु m ( śukrāṇu )
Hungarian: hímivarsejt , ondósejt (hu) , spermium
Icelandic: sæðisfruma f , sáð n , sáðfruma f
Irish: speirmiteasón m
Italian: spermatozoo (it) m
Japanese: 精子 (ja) ( せいし, seishi )
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Korean: 정자 (ko) ( jeongja ) (精子 )
Lithuanian: spermatozoidas m
Maori: tao tātea
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spermie m , sædcelle m or f
Nynorsk: spermie m or n , sædcelle f
Persian: اسپرماتوزئید ( espermâtozo'id )
Polish: plemnik (pl) m , spermatozoid (pl) m
Portuguese: espermatozoide (pt) m
Romanian: spermatozoid (ro) m
Russian: сперматозо́ид (ru) m ( spermatozóid )
Scottish Gaelic: cealla-sìl f
Spanish: espermatozoide (es) m
Swedish: spermie (sv) c , sädescell (sv) c , spermatozo c
Vietnamese: tinh trùng (vi)
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Noun
spermatozoon
accusative singular of spermatozoo