diploide

See also: diploïde

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + -oide.

Adjective

diploide (plural diploidi)

(genetics) diploid

Related terms

diploidia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French diploïde, from Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈplɔj.d͡ʒi/ [d͡ʒiˈplɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈplɔj.de/ [d͡ʒiˈplɔɪ̯.de]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈplɔj.d(ɨ)/ [diˈplɔj.ð(ɨ)]

Adjective

diploide m or f (plural diploides)

(cytology) diploid (of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + -oide.

Adjective

diploide (plural diploides)

(cytology) diploid

Further reading

“diploide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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