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Etymology
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, to swell”).
Pronunciation
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- (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]
embrião m (plural embriões)
- embryo (all senses)
- germ
- origin, beginning