alelo
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *qalelo (compare Maori arero), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deləq (compare Kiput deleiʔ), doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Tagalog dila, Malay lidah).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alelo
Synonyms edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English allele, French allèle, German Allel, Italian allele, Russian алле́ль (allélʹ), Spanish alelo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alelo (plural aleli)
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
alelo m (plural alelos)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of alelomorfo.
Noun edit
alelo m (plural alelos)
- (genetics) allele (variant of a gene)
- Synonym: alelomorfo
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
alelo
Further reading edit
- “alelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014