# hormon
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦormon]
* Hyphenation: hor‧mon

### Noun

hormon m inan
* hormone

#### Related terms

* hormonální

### Further reading

* “hormon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “hormon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Noun

hormon n (singular definite hormonet, plural indefinite hormoner)
* hormone

#### Derived terms

* hormonal
* hormonbalance
* hormonbehandle
* hormonbehandling
* hormonbøf
* hormonel
* hormonforandring
* hormonforstyrrelse
* hormonkød
* hormonproduktion
* hormonpræparat
* hormontilskud
* hormontype
* kønshormon
* peptidhormon
* plantehormon
* steroidhormon
* stresshormon
* væksthormon

### References

* “hormon” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”). Coined by Ernest Starling, British physiologist.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhormon]
* Hyphenation: hor‧mon
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

hormon (plural hormonok)
* (physiology) hormone (any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity)
* (pharmacology) hormone (a synthetic compound with the same activity)

#### Derived terms

* hormonhatás
* hormonkezelés
* hormonképzés
* hormonkészítmény
* hormonrendszer
* hormonszint
* hormontartalom
* hormontermelés
* hormonzavar
* pajzsmirigyhormon

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* hormon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch hormoon, from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɔrmɔn]
* Hyphenation: hor‧mon

### Noun

hormon (uncountable)
* hormone
** (physiology) any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity
** (pharmacology) a synthetic compound with the same activity
** (botany) any similar substance in plants

#### Hyponyms

* hormon adenotropik
* hormon adrenokortikotropik
* hormon aldosteron
* hormon antidiuretik
* hormon grelin
* hormon inhibisi
* hormon inkretin
* hormon insulin
* hormon kortisol
* hormon luka
* hormon oksitosin
* hormon oreksin
* hormon paratiroid
* hormon prolaktin
* hormon tumbuh

#### Related terms

* hormonal

### Further reading

* “hormon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Alternative forms

* hormone

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Noun

hormon (plural hormones)
* hormone

#### Related terms

* hormonal
* hormonic

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Noun

hormon n (definite singular hormonet, indefinite plural hormon or hormoner, definite plural hormona or hormonene)
* hormone

#### Derived terms

* hormonbalanse

#### Related terms

* hormonell

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Noun

hormon n (definite singular hormonet, indefinite plural hormon, definite plural hormona)
* hormone

#### Derived terms

* hormonbalanse

#### Related terms

* hormonell

## Polish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxɔr.mɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrmɔn
* Syllabification: hor‧mon

### Noun

hormon m inan
* hormone

#### Derived terms

* antyhormonalny
* hormonalny
* hormonowy
* antyhormon
* hormonit
* hormonizacja
* hormonoid
* hormonoterapia
* hormonizować

### Further reading

* hormon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hormon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Noun

hormon m (plural hormoni)
* hormone

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xǒrmoːn/

### Noun

hòrmōn m (Cyrillic spelling хо̀рмо̄н)
* hormone

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).

### Noun

hormon n
* hormone

#### Derived terms

* könshormon (“sex hormone”)
* hormonstinn (“hormonal (strongly affected by one's hormones)”)

#### Related terms

* hormonell (“hormonal”)

### References

* hormon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hormon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* hormon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone.

### Noun

hormon m (plural hormonau, not mutable)
* hormone

#### Derived terms

* hormonaidd
* hormonol

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hormon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies