-gen

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Suffix

-gen

  1. A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.
    mutagen ― an agent that gives rise to mutations
    tormogen ― a cell that forms a socket

Usage notes

Used to form the names of three chemical elements: hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -gen

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation

  • The stress is an the preceding syllable, which has a grave accent if possible.

Suffix

-gen m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gens)

  1. -gen

Suffix

-gen (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gena, masculine plural -gens, feminine plural -genes)

  1. -genic

Usage notes

  • The stress is on the preceding syllable, e.g. androgen, feminine andrògena, masculine plural andrògens.

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -gen

Related terms

Garo

Suffix

-gen (A·chik)

  1. future tense suffix

See also

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Suffix

-gen n

  1. used to make diminutives (especially in the 18th century)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-gen

  1. A producer of something
  2. producing something
Derived terms
German terms suffixed with -gen
Related terms

Japanese

Romanization

-gen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げん

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Suffix

-gen

  1. forming adjectives

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -gen

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Suffix

-gen

  1. forming adjectives

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -gen

References

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Syllabification: gen

Suffix

-gen m inan

  1. -gen
    ‎alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

Declension

Declension of -gen
singular plural
nominative -gen -geny
genitive -genu -genów
dative -genowi -genom
accusative -gen -geny
instrumental -genem -genami
locative -genie -genach
vocative -genie -geny

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -gen

See also

Further reading

  • -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía), possibly through French -gone.

Suffix

-gen

  1. having sides; -gon
Derived terms
Turkish terms suffixed with -gen

Etymology 2

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
default -gan -gen
assimilated -kan -ken

From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-gen

  1. Form of -gan after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.
    ‎gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + ‎-egen → ‎gezegen (“planet”)
    ‎çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + ‎-gen → ‎çekingen (“shy, reserved”)
    ‎çalış- (“to work, to study”) + ‎-kan → ‎çalışkan (“hardworking”)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+gen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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