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/ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/
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EH1 M B R IY0 OW2
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In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
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An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
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In a viviparous animal, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body.
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In a human, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy.
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A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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The beginning; the first stage of anything.
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Usage: figuratively
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an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
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Synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg
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Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Narrower terms: blastula, blastosphere, gastrula, morula
(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
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Broader terms: plant, flora, plant life
Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).
Across languages
Translations 155 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
embrion
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Arabic :
جَنِين
(janīn)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Armenian :
սաղմ
(saġm)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Azerbaijani :
embrion
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Azerbaijani :
rüşeym
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Belarusian :
эмбрыён
(embryjón)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Belarusian :
заро́дак
(zaródak)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Bengali :
ভ্রুণ
(bhrun)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Bulgarian :
заро́диш
(zaródiš)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Bulgarian :
ембрио́н
(embrión)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Burmese :
သားလောင်း
(sa:laung:)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Burmese :
သန္ဓေသား
(sandhesa:)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Catalan :
embrió
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Chinese Cantonese :
胚胎
(bui1 toi1, pui1 toi1)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Chinese Mandarin :
胎
(tāi)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Chinese Mandarin :
胚胎
(pēitāi)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Czech :
zárodek
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Czech :
embryo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Danish :
embryon
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Dutch :
embryo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Esperanto :
embrio
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Estonian :
embrüo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Finnish :
alkio
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
French :
embryon
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Georgian :
ემბრიონი
(embrioni)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Georgian :
ნაყოფი
(naq̇opi)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
German :
Embryo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Greek :
έμβρυο
(émvryo)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Ancient Greek :
ἔμβρυον
(émbruon)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Ancient Greek :
κύημα
(kúēma)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Hebrew :
עֻבָּר \ עובר
('ubar)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Hindi :
भ्रूण
(bhrūṇ)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Hungarian :
embrió
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Hungarian :
magzat
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Hungarian :
ébrény
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Icelandic :
fósturvísir
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Indonesian :
embrio
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Indonesian :
janin
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Italian :
embrione
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Japanese :
胚
(hai)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Kazakh :
эмбрион
(émbrion)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Kazakh :
ұрық
(ūryq)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Khmer :
គភ៌
(kɔə)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Khmer :
ជីវាណូ
(ciivaanou)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Khmer :
ភ្រូណ
(phruun)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Khmer :
ពីជៈ
(piicĕəʼ)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Khmer :
ភ្រូណា
(phruunaa)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Korean :
태아
(taea)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Korean :
배
(bae)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Korean :
배아
(baea)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Northern Kurdish :
cenîn
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Kyrgyz :
эмбрион
(embrion)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Kyrgyz :
түйүлдүк
(tüyüldük)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Lao :
ຈາວ
(chāo)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Lao :
ພັນ
(phan)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Lao :
ຄັບພະລູກ
(khap pha lūk)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Latvian :
embrijs
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Lithuanian :
embrionas
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Lithuanian :
gamalas
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Macedonian :
ембрио́н
(embrión)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Malay :
embrio
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Malay :
janin
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Malay :
mudghah
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Māori :
kikiri
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Mongolian :
үр хөврөл
(ür xövröl)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Norwegian Bokmål :
embryo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Norwegian Nynorsk :
embryo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Pashto :
جنين
(janin)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Persian :
جنین
(janin)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Persian :
رویان
(royân)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Polish :
zarodek
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Polish :
embrion
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Portuguese :
embrião
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Romanian :
embrion
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Russian :
эмбрио́н
(embrión)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Russian :
заро́дыш
(zaródyš)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Sanskrit :
गर्भ
(garbha)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Sanskrit :
भ्रूण
(bhrūṇa)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Serbo-Croatian :
за̀метак
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Serbo-Croatian :
е̏мбрио̄н
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Serbo-Croatian :
е̏мбрио
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Serbo-Croatian :
zàmetak
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Serbo-Croatian :
ȅmbriōn
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Serbo-Croatian :
ȅmbrio
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Slovak :
zárodok
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Slovak :
embryo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Slovene :
zarodek
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Spanish :
embrión
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Swedish :
embryo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Tagalog :
bilig
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Tajik :
ҷанин
(janin)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Thai :
เอ็มบริโอ
(em-brì-oo)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Turkish :
embriyo
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Turkish :
cenin
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Turkmen :
şine
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Ukrainian :
ембріо́н
(embrión)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Ukrainian :
заро́док
(zaródok)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Urdu :
جنین
(janīn)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Uyghur :
ھامىلە
(hamile)
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Uzbek :
embrion
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Uzbek :
homila
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Vietnamese :
phôi
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Vietnamese :
phôi thai
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Volapük :
brüom
— fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
Bulgarian :
ембрио́н
(embrión)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Finnish :
alkio
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Greek :
έμβρυο
(émvryo)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Ancient Greek :
ἔμβρυον
(émbruon)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Ancient Greek :
κύημα
(kúēma)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Portuguese :
embrião
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Russian :
эмбрио́н
(embrión)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Russian :
заро́дыш
(zaródyš)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Spanish :
embrión
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Swedish :
embryo
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Turkish :
embriyo
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Ukrainian :
ембріо́н
(embrión)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Ukrainian :
заро́док
(zaródok)
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Volapük :
brüom
— an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
Finnish :
alkio
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Greek :
έμβρυο
(émvryo)
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Japanese :
胎児
(taiji)
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Korean :
태아
(taea)
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Portuguese :
embrião
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Russian :
эмбрио́н
(embrión)
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Russian :
заро́дыш
(zaródyš)
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Spanish :
embrión
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Swedish :
embryo
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Volapük :
brüom
— in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
Bulgarian :
заро́диш
(zaródiš)
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Finnish :
alkio
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Greek :
έμβρυο
(émvryo)
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Polish :
zarodek
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Polish :
embrion
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Portuguese :
embrião
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Russian :
эмбрио́н
(embrión)
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Russian :
заро́дыш
(zaródyš)
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Spanish :
embrión
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Volapük :
brüom
— in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
Dutch :
kiemplant
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Finnish :
alkio
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Hungarian :
csíra
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Hungarian :
embrió
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Norwegian Bokmål :
embryo
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Norwegian Bokmål :
kime
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Norwegian Nynorsk :
embryo
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kime
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Portuguese :
embrião
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Russian :
заро́дыш
(zaródyš)
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Spanish :
embrión
— botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
Bulgarian :
начална фаза
(načalna faza)
— the beginning; the first stage of anything
Finnish :
alku
— the beginning; the first stage of anything
Hungarian :
csíra
— the beginning; the first stage of anything
Polish :
zalążek
— the beginning; the first stage of anything
Polish :
zaczątek
— the beginning; the first stage of anything
Portuguese :
embrião
— the beginning; the first stage of anything
