mutagen

See also: Mutagen

English

Etymology

From mutate +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːtəd͡ʒn̩/
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta‧gen

Noun

mutagen (plural mutagens)

2. Any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation.

Descendants

• → Polish: mutagen

Translations

agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation

• Arabic: مُطَفِّر m (muṭaffir)
• Azerbaijani: mutagen
• Bulgarian: мутаген m (mutagen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突變原／突变原 (tūbiànyuán), 誘變劑／诱变剂 (zh) (yòubiànjì)

• Czech: mutagen m
• Danish: mutagen n
• Dutch: mutageen (nl) n
• Estonian: mutageen
• Finnish: mutageeni (fi)
• French: mutagène (fr)
• German: Mutagen (de) n
• Indonesian: mutagen (id)
• Italian: mutageno (it) m
• Japanese: 変異原性 (へんいらせい, hen'irasei)
• Kazakh: мутагендер (mutagender)
• Malay: mutagen
• Maori: matū whakakē ira
• Polish: mutagen (pl) m
• Portuguese: mutagênico m (Brazil), mutagénico m (Portugal), agente mutagênico m (Brazil), agente mutagénico m (Portugal), mutágeno m
• Russian: мутаге́н (ru) m (mutagén)
• Serbo-Croatian: mutagen (sh) m
• Slovak: mutagén m
• Slovene: mutagen m
• Spanish: mutágeno m
• Swedish: mutagen (sv) c
• Turkish: mutajen (tr)
• Ukrainian: мутаге́н m (mutahén), мутаґе́н m (mutagén)

See also

• carcinogen
• teratogen

Anagrams

• augment, negatum

Danish

Noun

mutagen n (singular definite mutagenet, plural indefinite mutagener)

1. mutagen

Declension

Declension of mutagen

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mutagen	mutagenet	mutagener	mutagenerne
genitive	mutagens	mutagenets	mutageners	mutagenernes

References

• “mutagen” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mutageen (“mutagen”), from English mutagen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ˈta.ɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɡɛn
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta‧gen

Noun

mutagen (plural mutagen-mutagen, first-person possessive mutagenku, second-person possessive mutagenmu, third-person possessive mutagennya)

1. (genetics, pathology) mutagen: any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation.

Related terms

• mutagen
• mutan
• mutasi

 

Further reading

• “mutagen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mutagen. First attested in 1955.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈta.ɡɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡɛn
• Syllabification: mu‧ta‧gen

Noun

mutagen m inan

1. mutagen (any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation)

Declension

Declension of mutagen

	singular	plural
nominative	mutagen	mutageny
genitive	mutagenu	mutagenów
dative	mutagenowi	mutagenom
accusative	mutagen	mutageny
instrumental	mutagenem	mutagenami
locative	mutagenie	mutagenach
vocative	mutagenie	mutageny

Further reading

• mutagen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mutagen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• mutagen in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mutagene.

Adjective

mutagen m or n (feminine singular mutagenă, masculine plural mutageni, feminine and neuter plural mutagene)

1. mutagenic

Declension

Declension of mutagen

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mutagen		mutagenă	mutageni	mutagene
	definite	mutagenul		mutagena	mutagenii	mutagenele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mutagen		mutagene	mutageni	mutagene
	definite	mutagenului		mutagenei	mutagenilor	mutagenelor

Swedish

Noun

mutagen c

1. a mutagen

Declension

Declension of mutagen
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mutagen	mutagenen	mutagener	mutagenerna
Genitive	mutagens	mutagenens	mutageners	mutagenernas

Adjective

mutagen (not comparable)

1. mutagenic

Declension

Inflection of mutagen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	mutagen	—	—
Neuter singular	mutagent	—	—
Plural	mutagena	—	—
Masculine plural3	mutagene	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	mutagene	—	—
All	mutagena	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

See also

• cancerframkallande (“carcinogenic”)
• mutant
• mutation
• mutera

References

• mutagen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mutagen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)