French word

clonage

Pronunciation

IPA/klonaʒ/

Meaning

  • masculine nouncloning

Example

Beaucoup redoutent le clonage des animaux.

Many people fear animal cloning.

Illustration for clonage (cloning)

More examples

Le clonage thérapeutique suscite des espoirs pour les maladies génétiques.

Therapeutic cloning raises hopes for genetic diseases.

Core concept

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

Common phrases

  • clonage des animaux

    animal cloning

  • clonage humain

    human cloning

  • clonage thérapeutique

    therapeutic cloning

Similar words

clone: A separate organism genetically identical to another organism.
copie: A document or object reproduced in its original form or with its original content.
imitation: A product made to imitate the appearance or form of a genuine item.

Definition in French

Terme désignant l'action de produire, par des techniques artificielles, une copie génétiquement identique d'un organisme.

Word origin

French created clonage from clone and the productive suffix -age; clone entered French through English, which borrowed it from Greek klōn, a twig or shoot.

Usage tips

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

Opposites

Related words

  • clonercloneverb
  • clonéclonedadjective

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