homólogo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “in agreement, of one mind”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈmɔ.lo.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈmɔ.lo.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈmɔ.lu.ɡu/ [ɔˈmɔ.lu.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: ho‧mó‧lo‧go
Adjective
homólogo (feminine homóloga, masculine plural homólogos, feminine plural homólogas)
- homologous (showing a degree of correspondence or similarity)
- (chemistry) homologous (belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds)
- (genetics) homologous (having the same morphology as another chromosome)
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “in agreement, of one mind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈmoloɡo/ [oˈmo.lo.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -oloɡo
- Syllabification: ho‧mó‧lo‧go
Noun
homólogo m (plural homólogos, feminine homóloga, feminine plural homólogas)
Adjective
homólogo (feminine homóloga, masculine plural homólogos, feminine plural homólogas)
- homologous (showing a degree of correspondence or similarity)
- (chemistry) homologous (belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds)
- (genetics) homologous (having the same morphology as another chromosome)
Further reading
- “homólogo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024