Danish

Noun

kromosom n (singular definite kromosomet, plural indefinite kromosomer)

1. (cytology, genetics) chromosome

Inflection

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα ‎(khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα ‎(sôma, “body”).

Noun

kromosom n ‎(definite singular kromosomet, indefinite plural kromosom or kromosomer, definite plural kromosoma or kromosomene)

1. (genetics) chromosome

References

• “kromosom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα ‎(khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα ‎(sôma, “body”).

Noun

kromosom n ‎(definite singular kromosomet, indefinite plural kromosom, definite plural kromosoma)

1. (genetics) chromosome

References

• “kromosom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): hromòsōm

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα ‎(khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα ‎(sôma, “body”); synchronically, kromo- +‎ -som.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kromǒsoːm/
• Hyphenation: kro‧mo‧som

Noun

kromòsōm m

1. (Croatia, genetics) chromosome

Declension

References

• “kromosom” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα ‎(khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα ‎(sôma, “body”).

Noun

kromosom c

1. (genetics) chromosome

Declension

Derived terms

• X-kromosom
• Y-kromosom
• könskromosom