embryonic

English

Etymology

From New Latin embryonicus.[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.bɹi.ɒn.ɪk/

Adjective

embryonic (comparative more embryonic, superlative most embryonic)

(embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
(figuratively) Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential.
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Synonyms

embryonal (much less common)

Derived terms

Translations

embryology: of or relating to an embryo

Asturian: embrionariu
Belarusian: эмбрыяна́льны (embryjanálʹny)
Catalan: embrionari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胚胎的 (zh) (pēitāi de)
Czech: zárodečný (cs) m, embryonální (cs)
Danish: embryonal
Dutch: embryonaal (nl)
Esperanto: embria
French: embryonnaire (fr)
Galician: embrionario
German: embryonal (de), (quasi prefix) Embryonal-
Greek: εμβρυϊκός (el) m (emvryïkós)
Hungarian: embrionális (hu)
Italian: embrionario, embrionico, embrionale (it)
Latvian: embrionāls
Polish: embrionalny (pl), zarodkowy (pl)
Portuguese: embrionário (pt), embriónico
Russian: эмбриона́льный (ru) (embrionálʹnyj), заро́дышевый (ru) (zaródyševyj)
Spanish: embrionario (es)
Swedish: embryonal (sv)
Ukrainian: ембріона́льний (embrionálʹnyj), зародко́вий (zarodkóvyj)
Volapük: brüomik

figuratively: something, especially a project, that is very new and is still evolving

Belarusian: эмбрыяна́льны (embryjanálʹny)
Czech: zárodečný (cs) m, embryonální (cs)
French: embryonnaire (fr)
Greek: εμβρυϊκός (el) m (emvryïkós)
Hungarian: embrionális (hu)
Polish: zarodkowy (pl)
Russian: заро́дышевый (ru) (zaródyševyj)
Spanish: embrionario (es)
Ukrainian: ембріона́льний (embrionálʹnyj), зародко́вий (zarodkóvyj)

References

“embryonic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Interlingua

Adjective

embryonic (not comparable)

embryonic, embryonal

Related terms

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