hormona

Asturian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).

Noun

hormona f (plural hormones)

1. hormone

Related terms

• hormonal

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).

Noun

hormona f (plural hormones)

1. hormone

Related terms

• hormonal

Further reading

• “hormona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “hormona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “hormona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).

Noun

hormona f (plural hormonas)

1. hormone

Related terms

• hormonal

Further reading

• “hormona” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hormonene

Noun

hormona n

1. definite plural of hormon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hormona n

1. definite plural of hormon

Portuguese

Etymology

From English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμῶ (hormô), ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/ [oɦˈmõ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/ [oɦˈmõ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈmõ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻˈmo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈmo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: hor‧mo‧na

Noun

hormona f (plural hormonas)

1. (Portugal, physiology, endocrinology) hormone (substance that produces physiological effects)

   Synonym: (Brazil) hormônio

Derived terms

• hormonal
• hormono-

Spanish

Etymology

From English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”), from ὁρμάω (hormáō), ὁρμῶ (hormô, “to set in motion, to urge on, to cheer on, to make a start, to hasten on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈmona/ [oɾˈmo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: hor‧mo‧na

Noun

hormona f (plural hormonas)

1. hormone

Derived terms

• hormona de sexo
• hormonal
• parathormona
• prohormona
• terapia de hormonas

 

Further reading

• “hormona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014