embryonic
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embryonic
- /ˈɛm.bɹi.ɒn.ɪk/ UK
Where it comes from
From New Latin embryonicus.
adjective more embryonic · most embryonic
- Of or relating to an embryo.
- Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential. We are also to see the green-lighting of some much overdue reform of fares and ticketing, even if it's still embryonic and to be trialled on part or the network.
Similar: embryonal
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: embryotic, embryonal, embryo, immature, early, in embryo, egg, budding, primitive, formative, stem, developmental, rudimentary, initial, emerging, nascent
adjective
Similar: embryonal
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adj embryology: of or relating to an embryo
| Español | embrionario |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 胚胎的 pēitāi de |
| Português | embrionário, embriónico |
| Français | embryonnaire |
| Deutsch | embryonal |
| Italiano | embrionario, embrionico, embrionale |
| Ελληνικά | εμβρυϊκός emvryïkós |
| Русский | эмбриона́льный embrionálʹnyj, заро́дышевый zaródyševyj |
adj figuratively: something, especially a project, that is very new and is still evolving
| Español | embrionario |
|---|---|
| Français | embryonnaire |
| Ελληνικά | εμβρυϊκός emvryïkós |
| Русский | заро́дышевый zaródyševyj |
Talk about this word "embryonic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/embryonic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. embryonic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/embryonic "embryonic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/embryonic.Cite this
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