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Pheromone

Pheromone

See also: pheromone and phéromone

German

Noun

Pheromone

plural of Pheromon

pheromone

pheromone

See also: phéromone and Pheromone

English

Noun

pheromone ‎(plural pheromones)

(biology) 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.

Derived terms

pheromonal

Translations

chemical

Catalan: feromona f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 信息素 (zh) ‎(xìnxīsù)
Czech: feromon m
Danish: feromon n
Dutch: feromoon (nl) n
French: phéromone (fr) f
German: Pheromon (de)
Greek: φερομόνη (el) f ‎(feromóni)
Icelandic: lyktarhormón m, ferómón m
Malay: feromon, feromon

Norwegian:

Bokmål: feromon n

Nynorsk: feromon n
Persian: فرومون ‎(ferumun)
Polish: feromon (pl) m
Portuguese: feromónio m (Portugal), feromônio (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: феромо́н (ru) m ‎(feromón)
Spanish: feromona f
Swedish: feromon (sv) n
Turkish: feromon (tr)