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embryon

French, noun/ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/

embryon is spelled E-M-B-R-Y-O-N (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embryon is a French masculine noun meaning “embryo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Germe en train de se développer à la suite de la conception chez les vivipares. L’organisme est à ce stade…”.

What does embryon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineembryo

  2. 2

    masculineembryo

  3. 3

    masculineembryo (the beginning, the first stage)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Germe en train de se développer à la suite de la conception chez les vivipares. L’organisme est à ce stade depuis la première division de l’œuf ou zygote jusqu’au stade de fœtus, où les principaux organes sont formés, 12ᵉ semaine de grossesse chez l’humain. 2. Plante qui n’est pas encore développée, qui est en germe ou en bouton. 3. Ce qui n’est pas achevé.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of embryon

  • embryons plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce embryon?

  • /ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/
  • \ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to embryon

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is embryon in French?

embryon appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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