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estrogen

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiːstɹəd͡ʒən/
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 S T R AH0 JH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: steroids

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oestrogen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone

Narrower terms: diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES, estradiol, oestradiol, estriol, oestriol, estrone, oestrone, theelin, Estronol, hexestrol, mestranol

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1eysh2-der. Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der. Latin oestrusbor. English estrus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English estro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English estrogen From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: estrogeen — estrogen
  • Asturian: estróxenu — estrogen
  • Catalan: estrogen — estrogen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌激素 (cíjīsù) — estrogen
  • Czech: estrogen — estrogen
  • Dutch: oestrogeen — estrogen
  • Dutch: estrogeen — estrogen
  • Esperanto: oestrogeno — estrogen
  • Finnish: estrogeeni — estrogen
  • French: œstrogène — estrogen
  • Galician: estróxeno — estrogen
  • German: Östrogen — estrogen
  • Greek: οιστρογόνο (oistrogóno) — estrogen
  • Hebrew: אסטרוגן — estrogen
  • Hindi: स्त्रीमदजन (strīmadjan) — estrogen
  • Hungarian: ösztrogén — estrogen
  • Icelandic: kvenhormón — estrogen
  • Icelandic: estrógen — estrogen
  • Icelandic: östrógen — estrogen
  • Icelandic: brímahormón — estrogen
  • Irish: éastraigin — estrogen
  • Italian: estrogeno — estrogen
  • Japanese: エストロゲン (esutorogen) — estrogen
  • Khmer: អេស្ត្រូសែន (ʼeestrousaen) — estrogen
  • Korean: 에스트로겐 (eseuteurogen) — estrogen
  • Northern Kurdish: ostrojen — estrogen
  • Māori: taiaki uwha — estrogen
  • Persian: استروژن (esterožen) — estrogen
  • Polish: estrogen — estrogen
  • Portuguese: estrogénio — estrogen
  • Portuguese: estrogênio — estrogen
  • Portuguese: estrógeno — estrogen
  • Russian: эстроге́н (estrogén) — estrogen
  • Spanish: estrógeno — estrogen
  • Swedish: östrogen — estrogen
  • Turkish: östrojen — estrogen
  • Ukrainian: естроге́н (estrohén) — estrogen