meiosis
Spanish, noun/meˈjosis/
meiosis is spelled M-E-I-O-S-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meiosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “meiosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “División celular compleja, propia de los eucariontes, que conduce a la producción de cuatro gametos, los…”.
What does meiosis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeiosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. División celular compleja, propia de los eucariontes, que conduce a la producción de cuatro gametos, los cuales son células que tienen un número de cromosomas igual a la mitad del que tiene el resto de las células del individuo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce meiosis?
- /meˈjosis/
- [meˈjo.sis]
- [meˈjosis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meiosis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meiosis in Spanish?
meiosis appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).