zigoto
Portuguese, noun/ziˈɡo.tu/
zigoto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “zygote (fertilized egg cell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “célula formada pela fusão dos gametas masculino e feminino, e que dará origem, por diferenciação e…”.
What does zigoto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezygote (fertilized egg cell)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. célula formada pela fusão dos gametas masculino e feminino, e que dará origem, por diferenciação e embriogênese, ao novo ser da espécie
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zigoto
- zigotos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zigoto?
- Brazil /ziˈɡo.tu/
- Brazil /ziˈɡɔ.tu/
- Portugal /ziˈɡo.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zigoto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zigoto in Portuguese?
zigoto appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).