zygote

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζῠγωτός (zŭgōtós, “yoked”) + English -ote (suffix meaning ‘having [the thing to which it is attached]’). Ζῠγωτός (Zŭgōtós) is derived from ζῠγόω (zŭgóō, “to join or yoke together”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives of possibility);^[1] and ζῠγόω (zŭgóō) from ζῠγόν (zŭgón, “yoke for joining animals; anything which joins two things together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming causative or factitive verbs). By surface analysis, zygo- +‎ -ote.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪɡəʊt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪˌɡoʊt/

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• Hyphenation: zyg‧ote

zygote (plural zygotes)

1. (cytology, also attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.]

   Hyponyms: homozygote, heterozygote, merozygote, monozygote, parthenote, planozygote

• dizygotic
• monozygotic
• zygosity
• zygotene

• → Irish: siogót
• → Malay: zigot

• zygote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from German Zygote, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζῠγωτός (zŭgōtós, “yoked”), from ζῠγόω (zŭgóō, “to join or yoke together”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives of possibility). Ζῠγόω (Zŭgóō) is derived from ζῠγόν (zŭgón, “yoke for joining animals; anything which joins two things together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming causative or factitive verbs).

• IPA^(key): /zi.ɡɔt/

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zygote m (plural zygotes)

1. zygote

• zygotique

• → Romanian: zigot
• → Turkish: zigot

• “zygote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.