pheromone

See also: phéromone and Pheromone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

pheromone (plural pheromones)

1. (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

• antipheromone
• kairomone
• mandibular pheromone
• Nasonov pheromone
• parapheromone
• pheromonal
• pheromonic
• pheromotropic
• propheromone
• queen mandibular pheromone
• queen retinue pheromone

 

Translations

chemical

• Catalan: feromona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信息素 (zh) (xìnxīsù)

• Czech: feromon m
• Danish: feromon n
• Dutch: feromoon (nl) n
• Estonian: feromoon
• Finnish: feromoni (fi)
• French: phéromone (fr) f
• German: Pheromon (de)
• Greek: φερομόνη (el) f (feromóni)
• Hungarian: feromon (hu)
• Icelandic: lyktarhormón m, ferómón m
• Italian: feromone (it) m
• Japanese: フェロモン (ja) (feromon)
• Kazakh: феромон (feromon)
• Malay: feromon
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feromon n

  Nynorsk: feromon n

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