clone

See also cloné

English

Wikipedia ^en

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: klōn
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

clone (plural clones)

1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
2. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
3. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[1]

Derived terms

• holoclone
• meroclone
• paraclone
• polyclone

Translations

living organism (originally a plant)

• Asturian: clon (ast) m
• Catalan: clon (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克隆 (cmn) (kèlóng), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Dutch: kloon (nl)
• Finnish: klooni (fi)
• French: clone (fr) m
• Galician: clon (gl) m
• German: Klon (de) m

• Greek: κλώνος (el) (klónos) m 
• Italian: clone (it) m
• Japanese: クローン (ja) (kurōn)
• Korean: 클론 (ko) (keullon)
• Malay: klon (ms)
• Portuguese: clone (pt) m
• Russian: клон (ru) (klon) m 
• Spanish: clon (es) m
• Swedish: klon (sv) c

copy of something already existing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Dutch: kloon (nl)
• Finnish: klooni (fi)
• French: clone (fr) m
• Greek: κλώνος (el) (klónos) m 

• Italian: clone (it) m
• Malay: klon (ms)
• Polish: klon (pl) m
• Portuguese: clone (pt) m
• Russian: клон (ru) (klon) m , копия (ru) (kópija) f 
• Swedish: klon (sv) c, kopia (sv) c

group of identical cells derived from a single cell

• Catalan: clon (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克隆 (cmn) (kèlóng), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Dutch: kloon (nl)
• Finnish: klooni (fi)
• French: clone (fr) m

• Galician: clon (gl) m
• Greek: κλώνος (el) (klónos) m 
• Malay: klon (ms)
• Portuguese: clone (pt) m
• Swedish: klon (sv) c

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• German: Klon (de) m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клон m

  Roman: klon m

Verb

clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)

1. To create a clone.

Translations

create a clone

• Asturian: clonar (ast)
• Catalan: clonar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克隆 (cmn) (kèlóng), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Dutch: klonen (nl)
• Finnish: kloonata (fi)
• French: cloner (fr)
• Galician: clonar (gl)
• German: klonen (de)
• Greek: κλωνοποιώ (el) (klonopoió)  (active voice), κλωνοποιούμαι (el) (klonopoioúmai)  (passive voice)

• Italian: clonare (it)
• Polish: klonować (pl)
• Portuguese: clonar (pt)
• Russian: клонировать (ru) (klonírovat')  impf./pf.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клонирати

  Roman: klonirati

• Spanish: clonar (es)
• Swedish: klona (sv)

References

• C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
• C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
• W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klon/, /klɔn/, X-SAMPA: /klon/, /klOn/
• Homophones: clonent, clones
• Hyphenation: clone

Noun

clone m (plural clones)

1. clone

Derived terms

• cloner

Verb

clone

1. first-person singular present indicative of cloner
2. third-person singular present indicative of cloner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
5. second-person singular imperative of cloner

Anagrams

• leçon, oncle

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈklo.ne/, X-SAMPA: /'klo.ne/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: clo‧ne

Noun

clone m (plural cloni)

1. clone

Related terms

• clonare
• clonato

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Spanish

Verb

clone (infinitive clonar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of clonar.