diploid

See also: diploïd

English

Etymology

From diplo- +‎ -oid. By surface analysis, di- +‎ -ploid.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

diploid (not comparable)

1. (genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
   • 2015 July 4, Heinz-Ulrich Reyer, Christian Arioli-Jakob, Martina Arioli, “Post-zygotic selection against parental genotypes during larval development maintains all-hybrid populations of the frog Pelophylax esculentus”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     It has been shown, however, that triploid forms producing diploid gametes in one sex and haploid ones in the other sex can act as a stepping stone towards tetraploidization (triploid bridge; [ 93 – 95 ]).

2. (genetics) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
3. (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

Derived terms

• allodiploid
• amphidiploid
• autodiploid
• diplodiploid
• diploidisation
• diploidization
• diploidy
• eudiploid
• haplodiploid
• heterodiploid
• homodiploid
• hyperdiploid
• hypodiploid
• merodiploid
• nondiploid
• paradiploid
• pseudodiploid
• subdiploid

Translations

of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome

• Catalan: diploide
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 二倍體 / 二倍体 (zh) (èrbèitǐ)

• Czech: diploidní
• Dutch: diploïd (nl)
• French: diploïde (fr) m or f
• German: diploid (de)
• Hungarian: diploid (hu)
• Icelandic: tvílitna
• Ido: diploida (io)
• Italian: diploide (it) m or f
• Japanese: 二倍体の (にばいたいの, nibaitai no)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dîploîd, xaneya dîploîdî

• Polish: diploidalny
• Portuguese: diploide
• Romanian: diploid (ro)
• Russian: дипло́идный (ru) (diplóidnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ди̏плоӣдан

  Roman: dȉploīdan (sh)

• Spanish: diploide (es)
• Swedish: diploid (sv)
• Tagalog: duhambilmanahin
• Turkish: diploit (tr)

See also

• haploid
• polyploid
• tetraploid
• triploid

Noun

diploid (plural diploids)

1. A diploid cell.
2. A diploid organism.
   • 1995, Romuald Kosina, Tetraploids of the Genus Triticum in the Light of Caryopsis Structure:

     The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .

Translations

diploid cell

• Polish: diploid (pl) m

German

Etymology

From diplo- +‎ -id. Coined in the second half of the 19th century by botanist Eduard Strasburger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diploˈiːt]
• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧id

• Audio:

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Adjective

diploid (strong nominative masculine singular diploider, not comparable)

1. (genetics) diploid

   Eine diploide Zelle ― a diploid cell

Declension

Positive forms of diploid (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist diploid	sie ist diploid	es ist diploid	sie sind diploid
strong declension (without article)	nominative	diploider	diploide	diploides	diploide
	genitive	diploiden	diploider	diploiden	diploider
	dative	diploidem	diploider	diploidem	diploiden
	accusative	diploiden	diploide	diploides	diploide
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der diploide	die diploide	das diploide	die diploiden
	genitive	des diploiden	der diploiden	des diploiden	der diploiden
	dative	dem diploiden	der diploiden	dem diploiden	den diploiden
	accusative	den diploiden	die diploide	das diploide	die diploiden
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein diploider	eine diploide	ein diploides	(keine) diploiden
	genitive	eines diploiden	einer diploiden	eines diploiden	(keiner) diploiden
	dative	einem diploiden	einer diploiden	einem diploiden	(keinen) diploiden
	accusative	einen diploiden	eine diploide	ein diploides	(keine) diploiden

Hypernyms

• Ploidiegrad

Coordinate terms

• haploid, polyploid
• triploid, tetraploid
• pentaploid, hexaploid

Derived terms

• Diploidie

Further reading

• “diploid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “diploid” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diploïde.

Adjective

diploid m or n (feminine singular diploidă, masculine plural diploizi, feminine and neuter plural diploide)

1. (genetics) diploid

Declension

Declension of diploid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	diploid		diploidă		diploizi	diploide
	definite	diploidul		diploida		diploizii	diploidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	diploid		diploide		diploizi	diploide
	definite	diploidului		diploidei		diploizilor	diploidelor