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mutant

See also: Mutant

English

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Etymology

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From Latin mūtāns, present participle of mūtō.

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Noun

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mutant (plural mutants)

  1. (genetics) That has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
    • 1918, Paul Popenoe, Roswell Hill Johnson, Applied Eugenics‎[1]:
      Furthermore, it is possible that there occasionally arises what may be called a mutant of very desirable character from a eugenic point of view.
    • 1922, John Burroughs, The Last Harvest‎[2]:
      There does seem to have been some mutation among plants […] but in animal life where are the mutants? When or where has a new species originated in this way?
    • 1953, E. Everett Evans, Man of Many Minds‎[3]:
      "How did I ever get such ability?" he wondered. "No one else in our family has it. Am I some sort of a mutant? But if so, how or why? I never heard Dad or Mother mention it."
  2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
    Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!
  3. (computing) Synonym of mutex

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mutant (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.
    mutant DNA
    • 2018 April 16, Damian Carrington, “Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles”, in The Guardian‎[4]:
      Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles—by accident.
    • 2020 November 8, Ian Sample, “UK scientists seek mutant Covid samples from Danish mink farms”, in The Guardian‎[5]:
      Researchers at the SSI found that antibodies from people who recovered from coronavirus were less effective at neutralising the mutant strain, but have not made details of their experiments public.
  2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
    Your mutant brother just growled at me again!
    • 2020 August 26, Heather Stewart, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson blames ‘mutant algorithm’ for exams fiasco”, in The Guardian‎[6]:
      Boris Johnson got an angry response after telling school pupils that the exam results crisis was caused by a “mutant algorithm” and he was glad it had been “sorted out”.

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Verb

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mutant

  1. gerund of mutar

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian мутант (mutant).

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mutant

  1. mutant

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Declension of mutant
singular plural
nominative mutant mutantlar
genitive mutantnıñ mutantlarnıñ
dative mutantqa mutantlarğa
accusative mutantnı mutantlarnı
locative mutantta mutantlarda
ablative mutanttan mutantlardan

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Czech

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mutant m anim

  1. mutant

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Declension of mutant (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative mutant mutanti
genitive mutanta mutantů
dative mutantovi, mutantu mutantům
accusative mutanta mutanty
vocative mutante mutanti
locative mutantovi, mutantu mutantech
instrumental mutantem mutanty
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  • mutant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mutant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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  • IPA(key): /mutant/, [muˈtˢanˀd̥]

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mutant c (singular definite mutanten, plural indefinite mutanter)

  1. mutant (something that has mutated)

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Declension of mutant
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mutant mutanten mutanter mutanterne
genitive mutants mutantens mutanters mutanternes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mutans, present participle of mutare.

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mutant m (plural mutanten, diminutive mutantje n)

  1. mutant
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French

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mutant (feminine mutante, masculine plural mutants, feminine plural mutantes)

  1. mutant

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mutant

  1. present participle of muter

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Latin

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mūtant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mūtō

Polish

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Noun

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mutant m animal

  1. mutant

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Declension of mutant
singular plural
nominative mutant mutanty
genitive mutanta mutantów
dative mutantowi mutantom
accusative mutanta mutanty
instrumental mutantem mutantami
locative mutancie mutantach
vocative mutancie mutanty

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  • mutant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mutant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mutant.

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mutant m (plural mutanți)

  1. mutant

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Declension of mutant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mutant mutantul (niște) mutanți mutanții
genitive/dative (unui) mutant mutantului (unor) mutanți mutanților
vocative mutantule mutanților

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mutant c

  1. a mutant

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Declension of mutant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mutant mutanten mutanter mutanterna
Genitive mutants mutantens mutanters mutanternas
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