Gamet

See also: gamet

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from French Gamet, a pet form of the personal name Gamo, which is probably based on the Proto-Germanic lemmas *gamaną (“pleasure, joy”) or *gamalaz (“old, weak”).
• Borrowed from Tagalog Gamet.

Proper noun

Gamet (plural Gamets)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gamet is the 39717^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 553 individuals. Gamet is most common among White (77.22%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.03%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gamet”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαμέτης (gamétēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈmeːt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ga‧met

Noun

Gamet m (weak, genitive Gameten, plural Gameten)

1. (biology) gamete

   Synonyms: Geschlechtszelle f; Keimzelle f

   Antonyms: Agamet m; Körperzelle f

Declension

Declension of Gamet [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gamet	die	Gameten
genitive	eines	des	Gameten	der	Gameten
dative	einem	dem	Gameten	den	Gameten
accusative	einen	den	Gameten	die	Gameten

Hypernyms

• Fortpflanzungszelle f
• Zelle f

Hyponyms

• Androgamet
• Aplanogamet
• Eizelle
• Gynogamet
• Isogamet
• Konidie
• Makrogamet
• Meiogamet
• Mikrogamet
• Milogamet
• Planogamet
• Samenzelle

 

Related terms

• Gametangiogamie
• Gametangium
• Gametenbildung
• Gametogamie
• Gametogenese
• Gametogonie
• Gametopathie
• Gametophyt
• Gametozyt

 

See also

• Zygote f

Further reading

• “Gamet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gamet” in Duden online