pheromone

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noun

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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Meanings

nounpheromone (plural pheromones)

plural pheromones

  1. biologyA 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
infochemical

Origin

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

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Translations

Arabic فِيرُومُون
  • فِيرُومُون (fīrūmūn)chemical
Catalan feromona
  • feromonachemical
Chinese Mandarin 信息素, 費洛蒙 /费洛蒙
  • 信息素 (xìnxīsù)chemical
  • 費洛蒙 /费洛蒙 (fèiluòméng)chemical
Czech feromon
  • feromonchemical
Danish feromon
  • feromonchemical
Dutch feromoon
  • feromoonchemical
Estonian feromoon
  • feromoonchemical
Finnish feromoni
  • feromonichemical
French phéromone
  • phéromonechemical
German Pheromon
  • Pheromonchemical
Greek φερομόνη
  • φερομόνη (feromóni)chemical
Hungarian feromon
  • feromonchemical
Icelandic lyktarhormón, ferómón
  • lyktarhormónchemical
  • ferómónchemical
Italian feromone
  • feromonechemical
Japanese フェロモン
  • フェロモン (feromon)chemical
Malay feromon
  • feromonchemical
Māori kakara taiaki
  • kakara taiakichemical
Norwegian Bokmål feromon
  • feromonchemical
Persian فرومون
  • فرومون (ferumun)chemical
Polish feromon
  • feromonchemical
Portuguese feromona, feromônio
  • feromonachemical
  • feromôniochemical
Romanian feromon
  • feromonchemical
Russian феромо́н
  • феромо́н (feromón)chemical
Spanish feromona
  • feromonachemical
Swedish feromon
  • feromonchemical
Turkish feromon
  • feromonchemical
Cite this entry
APA

pheromone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pheromone

MLA

“pheromone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pheromone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pheromone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pheromone.

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