tetraploid
adjective, noun
tetraploid is an adjective meaning “Having four sets of chromosomes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-E-T-R-A-P-L-O-I-D, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does tetraploid mean?
adjective
- 1
Having four sets of chromosomes.
noun
- 1
A tetraploid cell.
- 2
A tetraploid organism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tetraploid
- tetraploids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tetraploid?
Tetraploid appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Tetraploid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having four sets of chromosomes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | tetraploid |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tetraploid come from?
From Ancient Greek τετραπλός (tetraplós) + Ancient Greek είδος (eídos), equivalent to tetra- + -ploid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).