Meanings
noungamete (plural gametes)
plural gametes
- biologyA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
Synonyms: sex cell, reproductive cell, germ cell
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
Origin
- Ancient Greekγαμετή“wife”
- Englishgamete
From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque gameto
- gametoreproductive cell
Bulgarian гаме́та
- гаме́та (gaméta)reproductive cell
Catalan gàmeta
- gàmetareproductive cell
Chinese Mandarin 配子
- 配子 (pèizǐ)reproductive cell
Czech gameta
- gametareproductive cell
Danish kønscelle
- kønscellereproductive cell
Dutch geslachtscel, voortplantingscel
- geslachtscelreproductive cell
- voortplantingscelreproductive cell
- gameetreproductive cell
Esperanto gameto
- gametoreproductive cell
Estonian sugurakk
- sugurakkreproductive cell
Finnish sukusolu, gameetti
- sukusolureproductive cell
- gameettireproductive cell
- sukupuolisolureproductive cell
French gamète, cellule reproductrice
- gamètereproductive cell
- cellule reproductricereproductive cell
German Geschlechtszellen, Gamet
- Geschlechtszellenreproductive cell
- Gametreproductive cell
Greek γαμέτης
- γαμέτης (gamétis)reproductive cell
Hindi जननकोश
- जननकोश (janankoś)reproductive cell
Hungarian gaméta, ivarsejt
- gamétareproductive cell
- ivarsejtreproductive cell
Icelandic kynfruma
- kynfrumareproductive cell
Italian gamete
- gametereproductive cell
Japanese 配偶子
- 配偶子 (haigūshi)reproductive cell
Māori pūtau hema
- pūtau hemareproductive cell
Norwegian Bokmål kjønnscelle
- kjønnscellereproductive cell
Persian زامه
- زامه (zâme)reproductive cell
Polish gameta
- gametareproductive cell
Portuguese gameta, gâmeta
- gametareproductive cell
- gâmetareproductive cell
Russian гаме́та
- гаме́та (gaméta)reproductive cell
Slovak gaméta
- gamétareproductive cell
Spanish gameto
- gametoreproductive cell
Swahili gameti
- gametireproductive cell
Swedish gamet, könscell
- gametreproductive cell
- könscellreproductive cell
Tamil பாலணு
- பாலணு (pālaṇu)reproductive cell
Turkish gamet, dölcük
- gametreproductive cell
- dölcükreproductive cell
- eşey hücresireproductive cell
- eşeylik gözesireproductive cell
Vietnamese giao tử
- giao tửreproductive cell
Welsh gamet
- gametreproductive cell
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gamete
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All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
gamete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamete
MLA
“gamete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamete. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gamete,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamete.
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