codon

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See also: codón and códon

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkəʊdɒn/
  • Hyphenation: co‧don

Etymology 1

From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. A handbell used for summoning monks.
  2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

Etymology 2

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From code +‎ -on.

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.
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References

  1. ^ Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
  2. ^ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.
  3. ^ Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 1086.

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French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.dɔ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

codon m (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) codon

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

cōdōn ? (genitive cōdōnis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) codon: a handbell used for summoning monks.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōdōn cōdōnēs
Genitive cōdōnis cōdōnum
Dative cōdōnī cōdōnibus
Accusative cōdōnem cōdōnēs
Ablative cōdōne cōdōnibus
Vocative cōdōn cōdōnēs

References

  • “codon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “codon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “codon”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

codon

  1. first-person plural preterite of codi
  2. third-person plural preterite of codi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
codon godon nghodon chodon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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