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English

Etymology

From German Gen, from Ancient Greek ????? (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of ???????? (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Coined by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication, from the last syllable of pangene.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?n, IPA^(key): /d?i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophones: Gene, Jean

Noun

gene (plural genes)

1. (genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

   Coordinate term: cistron
2. (molecular biology) A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

Usage notes

In the simplest case and in principle, a gene locus is supposed to be the physical reality corresponding to the theoretical gene unit of heredity; in practice, things are far more complicated and confused, which is well known and acknowledged. However, these questions are the subject of still very active scientific research, as well as the topic of both scientific and philosophical questions, especially on the real compatibility between both senses of the term.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pangene

See also

• locus
• allele
• dominant
• recessive

Translations

Further reading

• gene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Enge

Danish

Etymology

From French gêne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sje?n?/, [??e?n?]

Noun

gene c (singular definite genen, plural indefinite gener)

1. inconvenience, nuisance (something that bothers)

Inflection

References

• “gene” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?n?

Adjective

gene

1. Inflected form of geen

Anagrams

• geen, neeg, nege

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???.ne/
• Rhymes: -?ne
• Hyphenation: gè?ne

Etymology 1

From German Gen.

Noun

gene m (plural geni)

1. (genetics) gene

Related terms

• genetica
• genetico
• genetista
• genico
• genotipo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

gene f pl

1. plural of gena

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *g?n, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?n?/

Determiner

gêne

1. that over there, yonder

Descendants

• Dutch: geen

Further reading

• “ghene (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gene”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

gene m (plural genes)

1. (genetics) gene

Related terms

• genética
• genético

Further reading

• “gene” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d??ene]

Etymology 1

Noun

gene f

1. indefinite plural of gen?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of gen?

Etymology 2

Noun

gene f

1. indefinite plural of gean?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of gean?

Spanish

Noun

gene m (plural genes)

1. gene

   Synonym: gen

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic *yana (*yana, “again”), from Proto-Turkic *yan- (“to return, turn back”).

Adverb

gene

1. (colloquial) yine (again)

Noun

gene

1. dative singular of gen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian n?n?, which is imitative of the bird’s call.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ne?ne?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ne??ne?/
• Hyphenation: ne?ne

Noun

nene (plural nenes or nene)

1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

Alternative forms

• n?n?

Synonyms

• Hawaiian goose
• n?n? goose

Translations

Further reading

• nene (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• en- -en

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?n?/

Noun

nene

1. eye

Baré

Noun

nene

1. tongue

   nunene — my tongue

   nenehei — a tongue (any tongue in general)

References

• Alexandra Y[urievna] Aikhenvald (2012) The Languages of the Amazon, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN.

Chuj

Noun

nene

1. baby

References

• Jessica Coon, Unergatives, antipassives, and roots in Chuj (2016), p. 24

Crimean Tatar

Noun

nene

1. grandmother

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French nez

Noun

nene

1. nose

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Romanian

Alternative forms

• nea

Etymology

Cf. Bulgarian ???? (nenja), Serbo-Croatian nena.

Noun

nene m (uncountable)

1. (popular, familiar) Term used by children or young people to address an older man, especially an uncle.
2. (familiar) Term to address someone used in general to express disapproval, or surprise, sometimes satisfaction, etc.

Synonyms

• neic?, bade

See also

• unchi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nene/, [?ne.ne]

Noun

nene m (plural nenes, feminine nena, feminine plural nenas)

1. baby, young child

   Coordinate term: niño

2. (colloquial) babe, baby (term of endearment for a male)

Hyponyms

• nene de mamá (“mama's boy, momma's boy”) (colloquial)

Further reading

• “nene” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-nene (declinable)

1. fat

Usage notes

Only used of people; for animals, use -nono.

Inflection

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?n??/

Noun

nenè

1. appellation for a little girl
2. younger sister

Turkish

Noun

nene (definite accusative neneyi, plural neneler)

1. (colloquial) grandmother

Declension

Synonyms

• nine