English–French

“cloning” in French

French

Pronunciation

IPA/klonaʒ/

Example

Beaucoup redoutent le clonage des animaux.

Many people fear animal cloning.

Illustration for clonage (cloning)

How to say “cloning” in French

“Cloning” in French is clonage.

A biological copying process in which artificial techniques create a genetic duplicate of an organism.

Full entry for clonage: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with clonage

Le clonage thérapeutique suscite des espoirs pour les maladies génétiques.

Therapeutic cloning raises hopes for genetic diseases.

Tips for using clonage

  • Clonage names the process, whereas the resulting individual is a clone, so these two nouns are not interchangeable.

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