-gen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -gen

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

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

  1. -gen

Suffix

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

  1. -genic

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -gen

Danish

Etymology

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

Suffix

-gen

  1. of a certain kind (adjectives)

Suffix

-gen

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

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -gen

References

Garo

Suffix

-gen (A·chik)

  1. future tense suffix

See also

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡən/

Suffix

-gen n

  1. used to make diminutives (especially in the 18th century)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • Männgen, Städtgen, Weibgen, Wölkgen

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeːn/

Suffix

-gen

  1. A producer of something
  2. producing something
Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

-gen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げん

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-gen (Jawi spelling ـݢن)

  1. (no longer productive) -gen
    oksigenoxygen

Usage notes

Only found in English borrowings.

Derived terms

Malay terms suffixed with -gen

References

  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

Etymology

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

Suffix

-gen

  1. forming adjectives

Suffix

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -gen

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Suffix

-gen

  1. forming adjectives

Suffix

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -gen

References

Polish

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Suffix

    -gen m inan

    1. -gen
      alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

    Declension

    Derived terms

    See also

    Further reading

    • -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Turkish

    Etymology 1

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

    Suffix

    -gen

    1. having sides; -gon
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

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

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɟen/

    Suffix

    -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)

    References

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