embryonic

English

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.

Synonyms

embryonal (much less common)

Derived terms

Translations

embryology: of or relating to an embryo

Catalan: embrionari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胚胎的 (zh) (pēitāi de)
Czech: zárodečný (cs) m, embryonální (cs)
Dutch: embryonaal (nl)
French: embryonnaire (fr)
German: embryonal (de), (quasi prefix) Embryonal-
Greek: εμβρυϊκός (el) m (emvryïkós)

Hungarian: embrionális (hu)
Italian: embrionario, embrionico, embrionale (it)
Portuguese: embrionário (pt), embriónico
Russian: эмбриона́льный (ru) (embrionálʹnyj), заро́дышевый (ru) (zaródyševyj)
Spanish: embrionario
Swedish: embryonal
Volapük: brüomik

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

Czech: zárodečný (cs) m, embryonální (cs)
French: embryonnaire (fr)
Greek: εμβρυϊκός (el) m (emvryïkós)

Russian: заро́дышевый (ru) (zaródyševyj)
Spanish: embrionario

Interlingua

Adjective

embryonic (not comparable)

embryonic, embryonal

Related terms

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