embrião

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.bɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈbɾjɐ̃w̃/ [ẽˈbɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.bɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈbɾjɐ̃w̃/ [ĩˈbɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽˈbɾjɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: em‧bri‧ão

Noun

embrião m (plural embriões)

1. embryo (all senses)
2. germ
3. origin, beginning