The point at which an embryo becomes a fetus has apparently been chosen arbitrarily.
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Embryo
//ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ//
Synonyms for "embryo" (13 found)
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155 translations across 66 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- embrion noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- κύημα noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- κύημα noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- ἔμβρυον noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ἔμβρυον noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
Arabic
1 entries- جَنِين noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Armenian
1 entries- սաղմ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- embrion noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- rüşeym noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Belarusian
2 entries- заро́дак noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- эмбрыён noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Bengali
1 entries- ভ্রুণ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ембрио́н noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ембрио́н noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- заро́диш noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- заро́диш noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
Burmese
2 entries- သန္ဓေသား noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- သားလောင်း noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Catalan
1 entries- embrió noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 胚胎 noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 胎 noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- 胚胎 noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Czech
2 entries- embryo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- zárodek noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Danish
1 entries- embryon noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Dutch
2 entries- embryo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- kiemplant noun (botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed)
Esperanto
1 entries- embrio noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Estonian
1 entries- embrüo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Finnish
4 entries- alkio noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- alkio noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- alkio noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
- alkio noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
French
1 entries- embryon noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Georgian
2 entries- ემბრიონი noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ნაყოფი noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
German
1 entries- Embryo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Greek
4 entries- έμβρυο noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- έμβρυο noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- έμβρυο noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
- έμβρυο noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
Hebrew
1 entries- עֻבָּר \ עובר noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Hindi
1 entries- भ्रूण noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Hungarian
4 entries- csíra noun (botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed)
- csíra noun (the beginning; the first stage of anything)
- embrió noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embrió noun (botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed)
Icelandic
1 entries- fósturvísir noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Indonesian
2 entries- embrio noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- janin noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Italian
1 entries- embrione noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Japanese
2 entries- 胎児 noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
- 胚 noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Kazakh
2 entries- эмбрион noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ұрық noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Khmer
4 entries- គភ៌ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ជីវាណូ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ពីជៈ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ភ្រូណ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Korean
4 entries- 배 noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- 배아 noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- 태아 noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- 태아 noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- түйүлдүк noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- эмбрион noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Lao
3 entries- ຄັບພະລູກ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ຈາວ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ພັນ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Latvian
1 entries- embrijs noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Lithuanian
2 entries- embrionas noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- gamalas noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Macedonian
1 entries- ембрио́н noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Malay
3 entries- embrio noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- janin noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- mudghah noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Mongolian
1 entries- үр хөврөл noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Māori
1 entries- kikiri noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- cenîn noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- embryo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embryo noun (botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed)
- kime noun (botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- embryo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embryo noun (botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed)
- kime noun (botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed)
Pashto
1 entries- جنين noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Persian
2 entries- جنین noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- رویان noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Polish
4 entries- embrion noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embrion noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
- zaczątek noun (the beginning; the first stage of anything)
- zalążek noun (the beginning; the first stage of anything)
Portuguese
4 entries- embrião noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embrião noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- embrião noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
- embrião noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
Romanian
1 entries- embrion noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Russian
4 entries- заро́дыш noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- заро́дыш noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- заро́дыш noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
- заро́дыш noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
Sanskrit
2 entries- गर्भ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- भ्रूण noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zàmetak noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ȅmbrio noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ȅmbriōn noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- е̏мбрио noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Slovak
2 entries- embryo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- zárodok noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Slovene
1 entries- zarodek noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Spanish
4 entries- embrión noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embrión noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- embrión noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
- embrión noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
Swedish
3 entries- embryo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embryo noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- embryo noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
Tagalog
1 entries- bilig noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷанин noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Thai
1 entries- เอ็มบริโอ noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Turkish
3 entries- cenin noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embriyo noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- embriyo noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
Turkmen
1 entries- şine noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ембріо́н noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- ембріо́н noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- заро́док noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- заро́док noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
Urdu
1 entries- جنین noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Uyghur
1 entries- ھامىلە noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Uzbek
2 entries- embrion noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- homila noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Vietnamese
2 entries- phôi noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- phôi thai noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
Volapük
4 entries- brüom noun (fertilized egg before developing into a fetus)
- brüom noun (an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis)
- brüom noun (in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body)
- brüom noun (in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
A developing embryo connects to the placenta via the umbilical cord.
Source: tatoeba (3660559)
When a coral egg and sperm join together as an embryo, they develop into a coral larva, called a planula. Planulae float in the ocean, some for days and some for weeks, before dropping to the ocean floor. Then, depending on seafloor conditions, the planulae may attach to the substrate and grow into a new coral colony at the slow rate of about .4 inches a year.
Source: tatoeba (6684640)
This is a human embryo.
Source: tatoeba (8450072)
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