-gen

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Suffix[edit]

-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

Usage notes[edit]

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

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Suffix[edit]

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

  1. -gen

Suffix[edit]

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

  1. -genic

Usage notes[edit]

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

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Garo[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-gen (A·chik)

  1. future tense suffix

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German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-gen n

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-gen

  1. A producer of something
  2. producing something
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Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

-gen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げん

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Suffix[edit]

-gen

  1. forming adjectives

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Suffix[edit]

-gen

  1. forming adjectives

-gen n

  1. forming nouns

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Syllabification: gen

Suffix[edit]

-gen m inan

  1. -gen
    alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

Declension[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Suffix[edit]

-gen

  1. having sides; -gon
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-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)

References[edit]

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