clone

See also: cloné

English

Etymology

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, twig). Figurative use from the 1970s.

Pronunciation

Noun

clone (plural clones)

  1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: clone
  • Polish: klon
  • Turkish: klon

Translations

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Verb

clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)

  1. (transitive) To create a clone of.
    The scientists were able to clone a sheep.
    We cloned the database to perform some testing.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

References

  • H.J. Webber. "New Horticultural and Agricultural Terms". Science (new series) 18:501-503, 1903, DOI: 10.1126/science.18.459.501-b.
  • C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
  • C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
  • W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

clone

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clonar

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, twig).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klon/, /klɔn/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: clonent, clones
  • Hyphenation: clone

Noun

clone m (plural clones)

  1. clone

Derived terms

Verb

clone

  1. inflection of cloner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, twig).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklo.ne/[1]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: cló‧ne

Noun

clone m (plural cloni)

  1. (biology) clone

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English clone, from the same source as above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklo.ne/, /ˈklon/[1]
  • Rhymes: -one, -on
  • Hyphenation: cló‧ne, clóne

Noun

clone m (plural cloni)

  1. (computing, electronics, also figurative) clone

References

  1. clone in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈklo.ni/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈklo.ne/

  • Hyphenation: clo‧ne
  • Rhymes: -oni

Noun

clone m (plural clones)

  1. clone (organism produced asexually from a single ancestor)
  2. clone (copy of something already existing)
  3. clone (group of identical cells derived from a single cell)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

clone

  1. inflection of clonar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

clone f pl

  1. plural of clonă

Noun

clone n pl

  1. plural of clon

Spanish

Verb

clone

  1. inflection of clonar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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