mutate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mjuːˈteɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmju.teɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To undergo mutation.

   The virus has mutated into a more resilient version.

2. (transitive) To cause mutation.

Related terms

• mutatis mutandis
• mutation
• mutant

Translations

to undergo mutation

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• Catalan: mutar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變異／变异 (zh) (biànyì)

• Dutch: muteren (nl)
• Esperanto: mutacii
• Finnish: mutatoitua
• French: muter (fr)
• Galician: mutar
• German: mutieren (de)
• Greek: μεταλλάσσομαι (el) (metallássomai)
• Italian: mutare (it)
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• Luxembourgish: mutéieren
• Maori: iranoi
• Portuguese: mutar (pt)
• Romanian: suferi mutație
• Scottish Gaelic: mùth
• Swedish: mutera (sv)
• Tagalog: mag-ibanyuhay
• Thai: กลายพันธุ์ (th) (glaai-pan), ผ่าเหล่า (th) (pàa-lào)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: đột biến
• Welsh: mwtanu (genetics), treiglo (cy) (linguistics)

to cause mutation

• Catalan: mutar
• Finnish: mutatoida
• Galician: mutar
• Maori: whakairanoi
• Swedish: mutera (sv)
• Welsh: mwtanu (genetics), treiglo (cy) (linguistics)

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: mutovat
• French: muter (fr)
• German: mutieren (de)
• Russian: мутировать (ru) (mutirovatʹ)
• Spanish: mutar (es)

Anagrams

• Matute

Italian

Verb

mutate

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

Anagrams

• temuta, umetta

Latin

Verb

mūtāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mūtō

Participle

mūtāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mūtātus

Spanish

Verb

mutate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mutar combined with te