Men have an X and Y chromosome; women, two Xs.
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Chromosome
//ˈkɹoʊməˌsoʊm//
Synonyms for "chromosome" (62 found)
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Related words (31)
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1 entriesTranslations
89 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kromozom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Arabic
2 entries- صِبْغِيّ noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- كْرُومُوسُوم noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Armenian
1 entries- քրոմոսոմ noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Asturian
1 entries- cromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- xromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Belarusian
1 entries- храмасо́ма noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Bengali
1 entries- তন্তুসদৃশ বস্তু noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Bulgarian
2 entries- хромозо́м noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- хромозо́ма noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Burmese
1 entries- ခရိုမိုဆုမ်း noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Catalan
1 entries- cromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Chinese
1 entries- 染色體 /染色体 noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 染色體 /染色体 noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Czech
1 entries- chromozom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Danish
1 entries- kromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Dutch
1 entries- chromosoom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 染色體 /染色体 noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Esperanto
1 entries- kromosomo noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Estonian
1 entries- kromosoom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Finnish
1 entries- kromosomi noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
French
1 entries- chromosome noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Galician
1 entries- cromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Georgian
1 entries- ქრომოსომა noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
German
1 entries- Chromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Greek
1 entries- χρωμόσωμα noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Gujarati
1 entries- રંગસૂત્ર noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 染色體 /染色体 noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Hebrew
1 entries- כְרוֹמוֹזוֹם noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Hindi
2 entries- गुण सूत्र noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- गुणसूत्र noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Hungarian
1 entries- kromoszóma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Icelandic
1 entries- litningur noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Ido
1 entries- kromosomo noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Indonesian
1 entries- kromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Irish
1 entries- crómasóm noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Italian
1 entries- cromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Japanese
1 entries- 染色体 noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Kannada
1 entries- ವರ್ಣತಂತು noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Kazakh
1 entries- хромосома noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្រូម៉ូសូម noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- វណ្ណាង្គ noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Korean
2 entries- 물들체 noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- 염색체 noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- хромосома noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Lao
1 entries- ກະໂລໂມຊົມ noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Latvian
1 entries- hromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- chromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Macedonian
1 entries- хромозом noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Marathi
1 entries- गुणसूत्र noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Mongolian
4 entries- будагт цогц noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- хромосом noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- ᠪᠤᠳᠤᠭᠲᠤ ᠴᠣᠭᠴᠠ noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- ᠾᠷᠣᠮᠰᠣᠮ noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Māori
1 entries- pūira noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Nepali
1 entries- गुणसूत्र noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Occitan
1 entries- cromosòma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Persian
2 entries- رنگین تن noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- فامتن noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Polish
1 entries- chromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Portuguese
2 entries- cromossoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- cromossomo noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਗੁਣਸੂਤਰ noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Romanian
1 entries- cromozom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Russian
1 entries- хромосо́ма noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hromozom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- хромозом noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Slovak
1 entries- chromozóm noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Slovene
1 entries- kromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Spanish
1 entries- cromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Swahili
1 entries- chembeuzi noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Swedish
1 entries- kromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Tagalog
1 entries- kromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Tajik
1 entries- хромосома noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Tamil
2 entries- நிறப்புரி noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- நிறமூர்த்தம் noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Telugu
1 entries- వారసవాహిక noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Thai
1 entries- โครโมโซม noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Turkish
1 entries- kromozom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Ukrainian
1 entries- хромосо́ма noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Uzbek
1 entries- xromosoma noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chất sinh sắt noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
- nhiểm sắc thể noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Volapük
1 entries- kromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Welsh
1 entries- cromosom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
West-Frisian
1 entries- gromosoom noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Yiddish
1 entries- כראָמאָסאָם noun (structure in the cell nucleus)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Your chromosome can undoubtedly show what kind of human you are!
Source: tatoeba (5982735)
I know I'm a man because I've got a penis and I have a male chromosome pair.
Source: tatoeba (11407931)
If you have a male chromosome pair, you're a man.
Source: tatoeba (11407936)
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