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- [gam-eet, guh-meet]
- /ˈgæm it, gəˈmit/
- /ˈɡæm.iːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gam-eet, guh-meet]
- /ˈgæm it, gəˈmit/
Definitions of gamete word
- noun gamete a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism. 1
- noun gamete A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote. 1
- noun gamete biology: reproductive cell 1
- countable noun gamete Gamete is the name for the two types of male and female cell that join together to make a new creature. 0
- noun gamete a haploid germ cell, such as a spermatozoon or ovum, that fuses with another germ cell during fertilization 0
- noun gamete a reproductive cell that is haploid and can unite with another gamete to form the cell (zygote) that develops into a new individual 0
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Origin of gamete
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90; < New Latin gameta < Greek gamet- (stem of gametḗ wife, gamétēs husband), derivative of gameîn to marry
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Parts of speech for Gamete
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gamete popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gamete
noun gamete
- seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- spore — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- oosphere — an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
- egg cell — egg1 (def 5).
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