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Spermatozoon

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Sperˊma-to-zo′’\’94n

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Noun.

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pl.

Spermatozoa

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], sperm +

ζῶ,ον

an animal.]

(Biol.)

Same as

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Definition 2024

spermatozoon

spermatozoon

See also: spermatozoön

English

Alternative forms

Noun

spermatozoon ‎(plural spermatozoa)

(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

gamete

Coordinate terms

ovum

Derived terms

Translations

reproductive cell of the male

Armenian: սպերմատոզոիդ (hy) ‎(spermatozoid), սերմնաբջիջ (hy) ‎(sermnabǰiǰ)
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)
Icelandic: sæðisfruma f, sáð n, sáðfruma f
Irish: speirmiteasón m
Italian: spermatozoo (it) m

Japanese: 精子 (ja) ‎(せいし, seishi)
Korean: 정자 (ko) ‎(jeongja) (精子)
Lithuanian: spermatozoidas m
Maori: tao tātea
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)

Esperanto

Noun

spermatozoon

accusative singular of spermatozoo