-gen

See also Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-gen

1. A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -gen

Related terms

• -gene
• -genic
• -genous

Translations

producer of something

• Finnish: -geeni (fi)
• French: gène (fr)
• Irish: -gin (ga) f

• Italian: -geno (it)
• Japanese: 素 (ja) (so)

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Japanese

Romanization

-gen

1. See げん