different between mutate vs mutant

English

Etymology

1818, back-formation from mutation (compare nutate), ultimately from Latin m?t? (“I move, I change, I vary”). Doublet of moult.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mju??te?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mjute?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

mutate (third-person singular simple present mutates, present participle mutating, simple past and past participle mutated)

1. (intransitive) To undergo mutation.
2. (transitive) To cause mutation.

Related terms

• mutatis mutandis
• mutation
• mutant

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Matute

Italian

Verb

mutate

1. second-person plural present of mutare
2. second-person plural imperative of mutare
3. feminine plural past participle of mutare

Anagrams

• temuta
• umetta

Latin

Verb

m?t?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of m?t?

Participle

m?t?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?t?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin m?t?ns, present participle of m?t?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mju?t?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mju?n?(t)/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant

Noun

mutant (plural mutants)

1. Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

3. (computing) Synonym of mutex

Translations

Adjective

mutant (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

Translations

Related terms

• mutate
• mutation

Further reading

• mutant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mutant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of mutar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mutant]

Noun

mutant m

1. mutant

Related terms

• See motiv
• mutace
• mutovat

Further reading

• mutant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• mutant in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutant/, [mu?t?an?d?]

Noun

mutant c (singular definite mutanten, plural indefinite mutanter)

1. mutant (something that has mutated)

Inflection

Synonyms

• mutation

Further reading

• mutant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mutans, present participle of mutare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

mutant m (plural mutanten, diminutive mutantje n)

1. mutant

Related terms

• mutatie
• muteren

French

Adjective

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

1. mutant

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of muter

Further reading

• “mutant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

m?tant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of m?t?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu.tant/

Noun

mutant m anim

1. mutant

Declension

Further reading

• mutant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French mutant.

Noun

mutant m (plural mutan?i)

1. mutant

Declension