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Etymology

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

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-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

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

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Catalan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

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

  1. -gen

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

  1. -genic

Usage notes

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

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Garo

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Suffix

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-gen (A·chik)

  1. future tense suffix

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German

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-gen n

  1. used to make diminutives (especially in the 18th century)
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Etymology 2

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

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Suffix

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-gen

  1. A producer of something
  2. producing something
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Japanese

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Romanization

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-gen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げん

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Suffix

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-gen

  1. forming adjectives

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

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-gen

  1. forming adjectives

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

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Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

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-gen m inan

  1. -gen
    alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

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Further reading

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  • -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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

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-gen

  1. having sides; -gon
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Etymology 2

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

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

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-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)

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