diploide

From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + -oide.

diploide (plural diploidi)

1. (genetics) diploid

• diploidia

• diplóide (pre-1990 spelling)

Borrowed from French diploïde, from Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

diploide m or f (plural diploides)

1. (cytology) diploid (of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome)

From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) +‎ -oide.

• IPA^(key): /diˈploide/ [d̪iˈploi̯.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -oide
• Syllabification: di‧ploi‧de

diploide m or f (masculine and feminine plural diploides)

1. (cytology) diploid

• “diploide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28