When a spermatozoon meets an egg these two come together and form a larger cell that will grow into the woman's belly and become a baby.
Source: tatoeba (10665352)
Spermatozoon
//ˌspɜːmətə(ʊ)ˈzəʊɒn//
Synonyms for "spermatozoon" (38 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- սերմնաբջիջ noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- սպերմատոզոիդ noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- spermatozoid noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сперматозои́д noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Catalan
1 entries- espermatozoide noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 精子 noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Danish
2 entries- spermatozo noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- sædcelle noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Esperanto
1 entries- spermatozoo noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Finnish
1 entries- siittiö noun (reproductive cell of the male)
French
2 entries- spermatozoaire noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- spermatozoïde noun (reproductive cell of the male)
German
2 entries- Samenzelle noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- Spermium noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Greek
1 entries- σπερματοζωάριο noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Hindi
1 entries- शुक्राणु noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Hungarian
3 entries- hímivarsejt noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- ondósejt noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- spermium noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Icelandic
3 entries- sáð noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- sáðfruma noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- sæðisfruma noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Irish
1 entries- speirmiteasón noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Italian
1 entries- spermatozoo noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Japanese
1 entries- 精子 noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Korean
1 entries- 정자 noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Lithuanian
1 entries- spermatozoidas noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Macedonian
1 entries- сперматозои́д noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Māori
1 entries- tao tātea noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- spermie noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- sædcelle noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- spermie noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- sædcelle noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Persian
1 entries- اسپرماتوزئید noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Polish
2 entries- plemnik noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- spermatozoid noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Portuguese
1 entries- espermatozoide noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Romanian
1 entries- spermatozoid noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Russian
1 entries- сперматозо́ид noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cealla-sìl noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Sicilian
1 entries- spirmatuzzuu noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Slovak
1 entries- spermia noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Spanish
1 entries- espermatozoide noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Swedish
3 entries- spermatozo noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- spermie noun (reproductive cell of the male)
- sädescell noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tinh trùng noun (reproductive cell of the male)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The centrosome introduced by the spermatozoon has divided into two centrosomes, one at each pole of the nucleus.
Source: tatoeba (12042227)
But let us suppose [...] that one hardy or lucky spermatozoon has reached the waiting egg.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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