spermatozoon

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• UK: /ˌspɜːmətə(ʊ)ˈzəʊɒn/
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From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “sperm”) + ζῷον (zōîon, “living thing”), equivalent to spermato- + -zoon.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: սպերմատոզոիդ (spermatozoid) — reproductive cell of the male
• Armenian: սերմնաբջիջ (sermnabǰiǰ) — reproductive cell of the male
• Azerbaijani: spermatozoid — reproductive cell of the male
• Bulgarian: сперматозои́д (spermatozoíd) — reproductive cell of the male
• Catalan: espermatozoide — reproductive cell of the male
• Chinese Mandarin: 精子 (jīngzǐ) — reproductive cell of the male
• Danish: sædcelle — reproductive cell of the male
• Danish: spermatozo — reproductive cell of the male
• Dutch: spermatozoön — reproductive cell of the male
• Esperanto: spermatozoo — reproductive cell of the male
• Finnish: siittiö — reproductive cell of the male
• French: spermatozoïde — reproductive cell of the male
• French: spermatozoaire — reproductive cell of the male
• German: Spermium — reproductive cell of the male
• German: Samenzelle — reproductive cell of the male
• Greek: σπερματοζωάριο (spermatozoário) — reproductive cell of the male
• Hindi: शुक्राणु (śukrāṇu) — reproductive cell of the male
• Hungarian: hímivarsejt — reproductive cell of the male
• Hungarian: ondósejt — reproductive cell of the male
• Hungarian: spermium — reproductive cell of the male
• Icelandic: sæðisfruma — reproductive cell of the male
• Icelandic: sáð — reproductive cell of the male
• Icelandic: sáðfruma — reproductive cell of the male
• Irish: speirmiteasón — reproductive cell of the male
• Italian: spermatozoo — reproductive cell of the male
• Japanese: 精子 (seishi) — reproductive cell of the male
• Korean: 정자 (jeongja) — reproductive cell of the male
• Lithuanian: spermatozoidas — reproductive cell of the male
• Macedonian: сперматозои́д (spermatozoíd) — reproductive cell of the male
• Māori: tao tātea — reproductive cell of the male
• Norwegian Bokmål: spermie — reproductive cell of the male
• Norwegian Bokmål: sædcelle — reproductive cell of the male
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spermie — reproductive cell of the male
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sædcelle — reproductive cell of the male
• Persian: اسپرماتوزئید (espermâtozo'id) — reproductive cell of the male
• Polish: plemnik — reproductive cell of the male
• Polish: spermatozoid — reproductive cell of the male
• Portuguese: espermatozoide — reproductive cell of the male
• Romanian: spermatozoid — reproductive cell of the male
• Russian: сперматозо́ид (spermatozóid) — reproductive cell of the male
• Scottish Gaelic: cealla-sìl — reproductive cell of the male
• Sicilian: spirmatuzzuu — reproductive cell of the male
• Slovak: spermia — reproductive cell of the male
• Spanish: espermatozoide — reproductive cell of the male
• Swedish: spermie — reproductive cell of the male
• Swedish: sädescell — reproductive cell of the male
• Swedish: spermatozo — reproductive cell of the male
• Ukrainian: сперматозо́їд (spermatozójid) — reproductive cell of the male
• Vietnamese: tinh trùng — reproductive cell of the male