homólogo

See also: homologo and homologó

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “in agreement, of one mind”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmɔ.lo.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmɔ.lo.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmɔ.lo.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmɔ.lu.ɡu/ [ɔˈmɔ.lu.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: ho‧mó‧lo‧go

Adjective

homólogo (feminine homóloga, masculine plural homólogos, feminine plural homólogas)

1. homologous (showing a degree of correspondence or similarity)
2. (chemistry) homologous (belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds)
3. (genetics) homologous (having the same morphology as another chromosome)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “in agreement, of one mind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈmoloɡo/ [oˈmo.lo.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -oloɡo
• Syllabification: ho‧mó‧lo‧go

Noun

homólogo m (plural homólogos, feminine homóloga, feminine plural homólogas)

1. counterpart

Adjective

homólogo (feminine homóloga, masculine plural homólogos, feminine plural homólogas)

1. homologous (showing a degree of correspondence or similarity)
2. (chemistry) homologous (belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds)
3. (genetics) homologous (having the same morphology as another chromosome)

Further reading

• “homólogo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10