pheromone

See also: phéromone and Pheromone

English

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, “I bring, bear, carry”) and hormone.

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Noun

pheromone (plural pheromones)

(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.

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Translations

chemical

Catalan: feromona f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 信息素 (zh) (xìnxīsù)
Czech: feromon m
Danish: feromon n
Dutch: feromoon (nl) n
Estonian: feromoon
Finnish: feromoni (fi)
French: phéromone (fr) f
German: Pheromon (de)
Greek: φερομόνη (el) f (feromóni)
Hungarian: feromon (hu)
Icelandic: lyktarhormón m, ferómón m
Italian: feromone (it) m
Japanese: フェロモン (feromon)
Kazakh: феромон (feromon)
Malay: feromon
Norwegian:
Bokmål: feromon n

Nynorsk: feromon n
Persian: فرومون (ferumun)
Polish: feromon (pl) m
Portuguese: feromona m (Portugal), feromônio (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: feromon (ro) m
Russian: феромо́н (ru) m (feromón)
Spanish: feromona f
Swedish: feromon (sv) n
Turkish: feromon (tr)

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