Polyglot Dictionary

gen

/xen/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
genes

Meaning

  1. gene

    • Heredó el gen.

      He inherited the gene.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

gène

gène is the French word for the same thing — both mean "gene."

Portuguese

gene

gene is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gene."

Practice

1 What does gen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Heredó el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches gen?

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