different between nemesis vs clone

English

Etymology

From the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?m?s?s/

Noun

nemesis (plural nemeses)

1. (chiefly Canada, US) An archenemy

2. (chiefly non-North American usage) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character.
3. The principle of retributive justice.
4. (usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided.
5. The polar opposite of a character.
6. A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.

Coordinate terms

• antagonist
• villain
• rival
• bane
• archenemy
• adversary

Derived terms

• archnemesis
• chocolate nemesis
• nemetic

Translations

Anagrams

• Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n?m?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n??m?s?is]

Noun

nemesis f (genitive nemesis or nemese?s or nemesios); third declension

1. nemesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• Italian: nemesi
• Swedish: nemesis

English

Etymology

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek ???? (kl?n, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kl?n
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /klo?n/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kl??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

clone (plural clones)

1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
2. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[1]
3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
4. (informal) Two people who are exactly alike, as far as looks or behavior.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)

1. (transitive) To create a clone of.

   The scientists were able to clone a sheep.

   We cloned the database to perform some testing.

Translations

References

• H.J. Webber. "New Horticultural and Agricultural Terms". Science (new series) 18:501-503, 1903, DOI: 10.1126/science.18.459.501-b.
• C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
• C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
• W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.

Anagrams

• Cleon, Colen, Colne

Asturian

Verb

clone

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clonar

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (kl?n, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klon/, /kl?n/
• Homophones: clonent, clones
• Hyphenation: clone

Noun

clone m (plural clones)

1. clone

Derived terms

• cloner

Verb

clone

1. inflection of cloner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “clone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• leçon, oncle

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (kl?n, “twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klo.ne/
• Hyphenation: clo?ne

Noun

clone m (plural cloni)

1. clone

Related terms

• clonare
• clonato

Portuguese

Noun

clone m (plural clones)

1. clone (organism produced asexually from a single ancestor)
2. clone (copy of something already existing)
3. clone (group of identical cells derived from a single cell)

Verb

clone

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of clonar

   É importante que eu clone a ovelha.

   It’s important that I clone the sheep.

2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of clonar

   É importante que ele clone a ovelha.

   It’s important that he clones the sheep.

3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of clonar

   Você aí, clone a ovelha sozinho.

   You there, clone the sheep by yourself.

4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of clonar

   Você aí, não clone a ovelha sozinho.

   You there, don’t clone the sheep by yourself.

Spanish

Verb

clone

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of clonar.