-gen

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

-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

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

• gene
• genesis
• genetic
• -gene
• -genic
• -genous
• -geny

• Neg, ENG, neg, Eng., eng, neg., eng., NGE, /neg, NEG

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

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

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

1. -gen

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

1. -genic

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

• gen

-gen (A·chik)

1. future tense suffix

• -noa (Mandi)

• IPA^(key): /ɡən/

-gen n

1. used to make diminutives (especially in the 18th century)

• -chen (-ken)
• -lein (-erl, -le)

• Männgen, Städtgen, Weibgen, Wölkgen

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːn/

-gen

1. A producer of something
2. producing something

• Genus

-gen

1. Rōmaji transcription of げん

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

• IPA^(key): [-d͡ʒən], [-ɡən]
• Hyphenation: -gen

-gen (Jawi spelling -ݢن)

1. (non-productive) -gen

   oksigen ― oxygen

Only found in English borrowings.

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

-gen

1. forming adjectives

-gen n

1. forming nouns

• “-gen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-gen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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

-gen

1. forming adjectives

-gen n

1. forming nouns

• “-gen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
• Homophone: gen

-gen m inan

1. -gen

   ‎alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

• -genia

• -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

-gen

1. having sides; -gon

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
default	-gan	-gen
assimilated	-kan	-ken

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

• IPA^(key): /ɟen/

-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”)