-gen

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Suffix
2 Japanese
- 2.1 Romanization

English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Suffix [edit]

-gen

A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.

Derived terms [edit]

English words suffixed with -gen

Related terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

producer of something

Finnish: -geeni (fi)
French: gène (fr)
Irish: -gin (ga) f

Italian: -geno (it)
Japanese: 素 (ja) (so)

Japanese [edit]

Romanization [edit]

-gen

See げん

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