hormona
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).
Noun edit
hormona f (plural hormones)
Related terms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present active participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).
Noun edit
hormona f (plural hormones)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hormona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “hormona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “hormona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).
Noun edit
hormona f (plural hormonas)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hormona” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
hormona n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
hormona n
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hor‧mo‧na
Noun edit
hormona f (plural hormonas)
- (Portugal, physiology, endocrinology) hormone (substance that produces physiological effects)
- Synonym: (Brazil) hormônio
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”), from ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hormona f (plural hormonas)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
hormona
- inflection of hormonar:
Further reading edit
- “hormona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014