mutate

English

Etymology

Latin mutare (“to change”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪt

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

to undergo mutation

Catalan: mutar (ca) Esperanto: mutacii (eo)

Finnish: mutatoitua (fi) Scottish Gaelic: mùth (gd)

to cause mutation

Catalan: mutar (ca)

Finnish: mutatoida (fi)

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Czech: mutovat (cs) French: muter (fr) German: mutieren (de)

Russian: мутировать (ru) Spanish: mutar (es)

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Italian

Verb

mutate

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

Anagrams

• temuta
• umetta

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Latin

Verb

mūtāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mūtō
   1. "move ye, remove ye"
   2. "alter ye, change ye, modify ye, transform ye"
   3. "vary ye, diversify ye"
   4. "mutate ye, spoil ye"
   5. "exchange ye, barter ye"
   6. "forsake ye"

Participle

mūtāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mūtātus