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clone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: klōn
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /kloʊn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kləʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

clone (plural clones)

1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

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2. (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.

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3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.

4. (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
5. (LGBTQ, slang) A Castro clone.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To create a clone of.

Derived terms

• reclone

Descendants

• → Thai: โคลน (kloon)

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

• Cleon, Colen, Colne

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/
• Homophones: clonent, clones
• Hyphenation: clone

Noun

clone m (plural clones)

1. clone

Derived terms

• cloner

Verb

clone

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

Further reading

• “clone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• leçon, oncle

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklo.ne/
• 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/
• Rhymes: -one, -on
• Hyphenation: cló‧ne, clóne

Noun

clone m (plural cloni)

1. (computing, electronics, also figurative) clone

Related terms

• clonare
• clonato

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: clo‧ne

Etymology 1

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