carcinogeen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed probably from German karzinogen, otherwise from French carcinogène.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
carcinogeen (not comparable)
- carcinogenic [from 1920s], causing cancer.
- Synonym: kankerverwekkend
Inflection edit
| Declension of carcinogeen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | carcinogeen | |||
| inflected | carcinogene | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | carcinogeen | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | carcinogene | ||
| n. sing. | carcinogeen | |||
| plural | carcinogene | |||
| definite | carcinogene | |||
| partitive | carcinogeens | |||
Noun edit
carcinogeen n (plural carcinogenen)
- A carcinogenic substance.