spermatozoon

See also: spermatozoön

English

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “sperm”) +‎ ζῷον (zōîon, “living thing”), equivalent to spermato- +‎ -zoon.

spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa)

(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 339:
  But let us suppose [...] that one hardy or lucky spermatozoon has reached the waiting egg.
- 2024 June 11, Dr. Steve Chapman, “Is swallowing semen good for you?”, in Better2Know‎^[1]:
  A sperm, or spermatozoa, is the microscopic male reproductive cell. Sperms are made up of oval-shaped heads and long tails that they use for mobility.

reproductive cell of the male

Armenian: սպերմատոզոիդ (hy) (spermatozoid), սերմնաբջիջ (hy) (sermnabǰiǰ)
Azerbaijani: spermatozoid
Bulgarian: сперматозоид m (spermatozoid)
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)
Hungarian: hímivarsejt (hu), ondósejt (hu), spermium (hu)
Icelandic: sæðisfruma f, sáð n, sáðfruma f
Irish: speirmiteasón m
Italian: spermatozoo (it) m
Japanese: 精子 (ja) (せいし, seishi)
Korean: 정자(精子) (ko) (jeongja)
Lithuanian: spermatozoidas m
Macedonian: сперматозои́д m (spermatozoíd)
Maori: tao tātea
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spermie m, sædcelle m or f

Nynorsk: spermie m or n, sædcelle f
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
Sicilian: spirmatuzzuu m
Slovak: spermia f
Spanish: espermatozoide (es) m
Swedish: spermie (sv) c, sädescell (sv) c, spermatozo c
Vietnamese: tinh trùng (vi)

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