meiose
Dutch
Alternative forms
- meiosis (rare)
Etymology
Presumably from English meiosis, from Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛi̯ˈoːzə/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oːzə
- Hyphenation: mei‧o‧se
Noun
meiose f (plural meiosen or meioses, no diminutive)
- the process of meiosis, reductive cell division
- Synonyms: reductiedeling, rijpingsdeling
- Antonym: mitose
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mejˈɔ.zi/ [meɪ̯ˈɔ.zi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mejˈɔ.ze/ [meɪ̯ˈɔ.ze]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐjˈɔ.zɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mejˈɔ.zɨ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /mejˈɔ.zɨ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /meˈɔ.zɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɔzi
- Hyphenation: mei‧o‧se
Noun
meiose f (plural meioses)
Further reading
- “meiose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “meiose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026