clonal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English clone

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English clonal

From clone + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊnəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊnəl

Adjective

clonal (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning)
2. (biology) That lives with others of the same kind
3. (cytology) Related to the descendants through cell division of a single identifiable cell, either in vitro or in vivo

Derived terms

• aclonal
• biclonal
• clonality
• clonally
• clonal selection
• hemiclonal
• heteroclonal
• holoclonal
• homoclonal
• interclonal
• intraclonal
• isoclonal
• microclonal
• multiclonal
• non-clonal
• oligoclonal
• pauciclonal
• polyclonal
• protoclonal
• semiclonal
• subclonal
• supraclonal
• uniclonal

Related terms

• clone

Translations

created by asexual reproduction

• Hungarian: klonális

Anagrams

• NoCall, call on, on call, on-call

French

Adjective

clonal (feminine clonale, masculine plural clonaux, feminine plural clonales)

1. clonal

Derived terms

• clonalité

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloˈnal/ [kloˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: clo‧nal

Adjective

clonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural clonales)

1. clonal

Derived terms

• clonalmente
• monoclonal

Related terms

• clon