"-ploid" meaning in All languages combined

See -ploid on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

Etymology: Back-formation from haploid and diploid. Equivalent to Ancient Greek -πλ(όος) (-pl(óos), “-fold”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|haploid}} Back-formation from haploid, {{der|en|grc|-πλόος|-πλ(όος)|-fold}} Ancient Greek -πλ(όος) (-pl(óos), “-fold”), {{af|en|-oid}} -oid Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -ploid, {{en-suffix}} -ploid
  1. (biology, genetics) Indicating the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -ploidy, ploidy Translations (Translations): -ploid [masculine] (Polish)

Suffix [Polish]

IPA: /ˈplɔ.it/
Rhymes: -ɔit Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)lbor. Polish -id Polish -ploid From Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) + -id. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pl|:af|grc:-πλόος<id:-fold>|pl:-id<id:-ide>|id=chromosomes|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)lbor. Polish -id Polish -ploid, {{af|pl|grc:-πλόος|-id}} Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) + -id Head templates: {{head|pl|suffix|g=m-in}} -ploid m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ploid [nominative, singular], -ploidy [nominative, plural], -ploidu [genitive, singular], -ploidów [genitive, plural], -ploidowi [dative, singular], -ploidom [dative, plural], -ploid [accusative, singular], -ploidy [accusative, plural], -ploidem [instrumental, singular], -ploidami [instrumental, plural], -ploidzie [locative, singular], -ploidach [locative, plural], -ploidzie [singular, vocative], -ploidy [plural, vocative]
  1. (biology, genetics) -ploid Tags: inanimate, masculine, morpheme
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