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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgamète
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡamɛt
"Le gamète mâle fusionne avec le gamète femelle."
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A mature male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.
"During fertilization, a male gamete fuses with a female gamete to restore the diploid number of chromosomes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'gamète', which originates from the Modern Latin 'gameta' and ultimately traces back to the Ancient Greek 'gametḗ' (wife) or 'gamétēs' (husband), derived from 'gameîn' (to marry). The term was introduced into biology in the late 19th century to describe mature reproductive cells capable of fusing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gamet" is said worldwide
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gamète
Transliteration: ɡamɛt
"Le gamète mâle fusionne avec le gamète femelle."
Gamet
Transliteration: ɡaˈmeːt
"Ein Gamet enthält einen einfachen Chromosomensatz."
gamete
Transliteration: ɡaˈmɛte
"Il gamete maschile feconda la cellula uovo."
gameto
Transliteration: ɡaˈmeto
"Cada gameto aporta la mitad de la información genética."
gameta
Transliteration: ɡaˈmɛtɐ
"O gameta é uma célula reprodutiva haploide."
युग्मक
Transliteration: yugmak
"निषेचन के दौरान नर और मादा युग्मक मिलते हैं।"
配子
Transliteration: pèi zǐ
"配子是通过减数分裂产生的生殖细胞。"
생식세포
Transliteration: saengsik-sepo
Script: 배체 세포
"수정은 두 개의 생식세포가 결합하는 과정입니다."
配偶子
Transliteration: haigūshi
"配偶子は減数分裂によって形成されます。"
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