English

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Etymology

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

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-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

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

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Catalan

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Etymology

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

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

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

  1. -gen

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

  1. -genic

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

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs). Only in borrowed words.

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-gen

  1. of a certain kind (adjectives)

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-gen

  1. (adjectives and nouns) (substance) that causes what the first term denotes

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Garo

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-gen (A·chik)

  1. future tense suffix

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German

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Etymology 1

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-gen n

  1. used to make diminutives (especially in the 18th century)
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Etymology 2

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

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-gen

  1. A producer of something
  2. producing something
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Japanese

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Romanization

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-gen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げん

Malay

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Etymology

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Formerly spelt as -jan,[1] borrowed from English -gen, from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

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  • (English-based) IPA(key): [-d͡ʒən]
  • (Baku) IPA(key): [-ɡən]
  • Hyphenation: -gen

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-gen (Jawi spelling ـݢن)

  1. (no longer productive) -gen
    oksigenoxygen

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Only found in English borrowings.

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  1. ^ Asmah Haji Omar (1978) “The Role of Language Standardisation in the Coining of Technical Terms in Bahasa Malaysia”, in Papers from the Conference on the Standardisation of Asian Languages, Manila, Philippines, December 16-21, 1974[1], pages 233–234

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

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-gen

  1. forming adjectives

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-gen n

  1. forming nouns

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

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-gen

  1. forming adjectives

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-gen n

  1. forming nouns

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Polish

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

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    • IPA(key): /ɡɛn/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛn
    • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
    • Homophone: gen

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    -gen m inan

    1. -gen
      alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

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    • -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Turkish

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    Etymology 1

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    From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía), possibly through French -gone.[1]

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    -gen

    1. having sides; -gon
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    Etymology 2

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    preceding vowel
    a / ı / o / u e / i / ö / ü
    default -gan -gen
    assimilated -kan -ken

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

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    -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)

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