Gene in Different Languages
Discover 'Gene' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Gene
Afrikaans geen | ||
Albanian gjen | ||
Amharic ጂን | ||
Arabic الجين | ||
Armenian գեն | ||
Assamese জিন | ||
Aymara gen | ||
Azerbaijani gen | ||
Bambara jeninida | ||
Basque genea | ||
Belarusian ген | ||
Bengali জিন | ||
Bhojpuri जीन के बा | ||
Bosnian gen | ||
Bulgarian ген | ||
Catalan gen | ||
Cebuano gene | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 基因 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 基因 | ||
Corsican gene | ||
Croatian gen | ||
Czech gen | ||
Danish gen | ||
Dhivehi ޖީން އެވެ | ||
Dogri जीन | ||
Dutch gen | ||
English gene | ||
Esperanto geno | ||
Estonian geen | ||
Ewe domenyiŋusẽfianu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gene | ||
Finnish geeni | ||
French gène | ||
Frisian gene | ||
Galician xene | ||
Georgian გენი | ||
German gen | ||
Greek γονίδιο | ||
Guarani gen rehegua | ||
Gujarati જીન | ||
Haitian Creole jèn | ||
Hausa kwayar halitta | ||
Hawaiian ʻāpana | ||
Hebrew גֵן | ||
Hindi जीन | ||
Hmong noob | ||
Hungarian gén | ||
Icelandic gen | ||
Igbo mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa | ||
Ilocano gene | ||
Indonesian gen | ||
Irish géine | ||
Italian gene | ||
Japanese 遺伝子 | ||
Javanese gén | ||
Kannada ಜೀನ್ | ||
Kazakh ген | ||
Khmer ហ្សែន | ||
Kinyarwanda gene | ||
Konkani जीन | ||
Korean 유전자 | ||
Krio jin | ||
Kurdish gen | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جین | ||
Kyrgyz ген | ||
Lao ເຊື້ອ | ||
Latin gene | ||
Latvian gēns | ||
Lingala gène | ||
Lithuanian genas | ||
Luganda gene | ||
Luxembourgish gene | ||
Macedonian ген | ||
Maithili जीन | ||
Malagasy gene | ||
Malay gen | ||
Malayalam ജീൻ | ||
Maltese ġene | ||
Maori ira | ||
Marathi जनुक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯖꯤꯟ | ||
Mizo gene a ni | ||
Mongolian ген | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မျိုးဗီဇ | ||
Nepali जीन | ||
Norwegian gen | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) jini | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜିନ୍ | ||
Oromo jiinii | ||
Pashto جین | ||
Persian ژن | ||
Polish gen | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) gene | ||
Punjabi ਜੀਨ | ||
Quechua gen | ||
Romanian genă | ||
Russian ген | ||
Samoan gafa | ||
Sanskrit जीन | ||
Scots Gaelic gine | ||
Sepedi lephelo la leabela | ||
Serbian ген | ||
Sesotho liphatsa tsa lefutso | ||
Shona geni | ||
Sindhi جين | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ජානය | ||
Slovak gen | ||
Slovenian gen | ||
Somali hiddo-wadaha | ||
Spanish gene | ||
Sundanese gén | ||
Swahili jeni | ||
Swedish gen | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gene | ||
Tajik ген | ||
Tamil மரபணு | ||
Tatar ген | ||
Telugu జన్యువు | ||
Thai ยีน | ||
Tigrinya ጂን | ||
Tsonga gene | ||
Turkish gen | ||
Turkmen gen | ||
Twi (Akan) gene | ||
Ukrainian ген | ||
Urdu جین | ||
Uyghur گېن | ||
Uzbek gen | ||
Vietnamese gien | ||
Welsh genyn | ||
Xhosa uhlobo | ||
Yiddish גענע | ||
Yoruba jiini | ||
Zulu isakhi sofuzo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans 'geen' also means 'not any' and is a cognate of 'none' in English, which makes sentences like 'hy het geen geen' particularly nonsensical. |
| Albanian | Albanian "gjen" may also refer to the cheek, or to the birth of a baby goat. |
| Amharic | The word "ጂን" can also mean "seed" or "origin" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "الجين" can also refer to spirits believed to inhabit trees. |
| Armenian | In Armenian, the word "գեն" is also the word for "wheat". This is due to the fact that wheat was originally the main source of genes for scientists who were developing the field of genetics. |
| Azerbaijani | "Gen" can also refer to "tribe" or "origin" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "genea" means "lineage" and is etymologically related to the Latin words "genus" and "generatio." |
| Belarusian | Слово "ген" в белорусском языке, помимо генетики, употребляется в переносном значении для обозначения истоков, зародыша чего-либо, например, в выражении "Ген нации". |
| Bengali | The word "জিন" (gene) in Bengali is commonly used to refer to a strand of DNA or a hereditary unit, but it can also mean "kind" or "species". |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word "gen" comes from Ancient Greek "genos" which originally meant "race, stock" but came to mean "gene" in scientific use. |
| Bulgarian | The word "ген" also has the meanings "birth" and "family" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "gen" derives from the Latin "genus", meaning "race", "kind", "stock", or "offspring". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "gene" can also mean "lineage" or "kindred." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 基因一词在中国传统中还有“遗传”和“血缘”的意思。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "基因"一词源于希腊语"genos"，意为"起源"、"血统"，在生物学中指携带遗传信息的DNA片段。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "gene" can also mean "people" or "nation". |
| Croatian | The word 'gen' in Croatian originally meant 'kin', 'race' or 'kind' and is cognate with the English word 'kin'. |
| Czech | In Czech, "gen" also refers to a male deer or elk. |
| Danish | The word "gen" in Danish can also refer to a person's offspring or descendants. |
| Dutch | The word 'gen' originally referred to a male animal or a type of spirit in Dutch that brings fertility and healing and is nowadays also used to refer to a gene and a particular type of gin. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "geno" also means "race" or "lineage" |
| Estonian | The word "geen" also means "thread" or "string" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word "geeni" is said to be borrowed from French "gènes" or German "Gene", though both words are ultimately derived from the Greek "genos" meaning "race, kind". |
| French | "Gène" is also an abbreviation of "génération" (generation). |
| Frisian | In Frisian, 'gene' can also refer to a 'path' or 'road'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "xene" ultimately derives from the Greek word "genos," meaning "race" or "kind." |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "გენი" can also refer to a kind of evil spirit or a demon. |
| German | The German word "Gen" also means "generation" and "genus". |
| Greek | The term "γονίδιο" (gene) derives from the Greek word "genos", denoting "race" or "origin", reflecting the notion that genes carry hereditary material. |
| Gujarati | The word "જીન" in Gujarati has the same etymology as the English word "gene" and refers to the fundamental units of heredity. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "jèn" in Haitian Creole can also refer to offspring and lineage. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "kwayar halitta" (gene) literally means "creature egg". |
| Hawaiian | ʻĀpana can also refer to a share, part, or portion of something, such as land or food. |
| Hebrew | גנים are also referred to as 'orchards' in the Hebrew Bible. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word "jaana" gave rise to the term, meaning "origin, birth, or source." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "noob" means "gene" but also carries the connotation of "origin" or "source". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "gén" has alternate meanings including "kind" and "genus". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "gen" can refer to the "mind" or "spirit" of a person or place, or to a "ghost" or "spirit being". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "gen" also means "species" or "group". |
| Irish | In Irish, 'géine' can also refer to 'offspring' or 'descendants'. |
| Italian | The word “gene” ultimately derives from the Greek word "genos" (γένος), which means “race,” “descent,” or “kind.” |
| Japanese | The kanji characters used to write the word "gene" in Japanese also refer to "heredity" and "inheritance". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "gén" is also used to refer to supernatural beings, spirits, or ghosts. |
| Kannada | The word "ಜೀನ್" is derived from the Greek word "genos" meaning "birth" or "origin". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word 'ген' (gene) is borrowed from the Russian language and has no alternative meanings in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word “ហ្សែន” can also refer to a “trait” or “characteristic.” |
| Korean | "유전자"는 "유(遺)"와 "전(傳)"의 합성어로, "부모로부터 물려받은 특성을 다음 세대로 전달하는 것"을 의미합니다. |
| Kurdish | The word "gen" in Kurdish can also refer to a type of wheat. |
| Kyrgyz | Слово "ген" пришло в кыргызский язык из русского языка и имеет такое же значение. |
| Lao | The Lao word for "gene" is a cognate of the Thai word เขย "son-in-law". |
| Latin | The Latin word "gene" comes from the Greek word "genos," meaning "race" or "kind." |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "gēns" also means "line" or "genus". |
| Lithuanian | The suffix -gen is related to the Greek suffix -genēs, meaning 'producing', 'becoming' or 'causing to become' and is used in some English words such as photogenic and hydrogen. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Gene" is also a female given name, a short form of "Eugenie". |
| Macedonian | The word "ген" comes from the Greek word "γένος," meaning "birth" or "origin." |
| Malagasy | The word |
| Malay | Gen or jin also means human spirit or spirit in Malay, similar to the Indonesian word 'jin' which means a mythical creature. |
| Malayalam | It comes from the Greek γίγνομαι, meaning "to be born" or "to come into being." |
| Maltese | The word "ġene" is derived from the Greek word "genos", meaning "kind" or "race". |
| Maori | Ira may also refer to the concept of lineage, kinship, and descent in the context of Maori culture. |
| Marathi | The word "जनुक" in Marathi comes from the Sanskrit word "जन", meaning "to be born" or "to produce". |
| Mongolian | The word "ген" (gene) in Mongolian is borrowed from the Russian word "ген" (gene), which in turn is borrowed from the English word "gene". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term "myo viji" can also refer to "heredity" or "lineage" in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "जीन" (gene) is also used to refer to a kind of cloth, often used to make women's clothing. |
| Norwegian | The word "gen" in Norwegian comes from the Greek word "genos," meaning "race," "tribe," or "family." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja (Chichewa) "jini" means "jinn" in Arabic and has the alternate spelling of "njini" which means "spirit, ghost, or goblin". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "جین" (gene) also means "kind", "sort", or "species". |
| Persian | The word "ژن" comes from the Greek word "genos," which means "race" or "lineage." |
| Polish | The Polish word "gen" can also refer to a group of plants of the same type. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Gene" is cognate with Latin's "genus," which can mean "race," "stock," or "kind," and was used by Augustinian monks in the 16th century to refer to a biological species. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਜੀਨ" (gene) in Punjabi is derived from the Greek word "genos". meaning "birth" or "origin". |
| Romanian | "Genă" also means "eyelash" in Romanian |
| Russian | The word "ген" (gene) in Russian is derived from the Greek word "genos" (γενεος), meaning "race" or "lineage." |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "gafa" can also refer to a "mistake" or a "punishment". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "gine" in Scots Gaelic also means "woman" or "wife" |
| Serbian | "Ген" is also a synonym for "origin" in Serbian, coming from the Latin word "genus" which means "birth" or "family." |
| Sesotho | The word "liphatsa tsa lefutso" ("gene" in Sesotho) refers to a small object that determines a characteristic of an organism. |
| Shona | The Shona word "geni" is also used to refer to a seed or offspring. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "جين" (gene) has multiple meanings, including "genealogy" and "lineage". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ජානය (gene) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'jan' meaning 'to be born'. In Sinhala, it also refers to the 'root' of a plant or the 'origin' of something. |
| Slovak | The word "gen" in Slovak can also mean "kind" or "race." |
| Slovenian | 'Gen' means 'sin' in the context of morality. |
| Somali | The word "hiddo-wadaha" in Somali also refers to a "genetic condition". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "gene" can also mean "kind" or "type" |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word “gén” also means “ghost” or “spirit”. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "jeni" is also used to refer to a type of spirit or supernatural being. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, 'gen' also means 'way' or 'path'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'gene' ('hinene') derives from the Spanish word 'gene' ('gen'), ultimately from the Greek word 'genos' ('γενός') meaning 'race' or 'kind'. |
| Tajik | Ген также может иметь значение "корень" или "основа", подразумевая фундаментальную природу генов в передаче генетических признаков. |
| Telugu | The word "జన్యువు" comes from the Sanskrit word "जनन" meaning "origin" or "birth" and refers to a unit of heredity. |
| Thai | คำว่า 'ยีน' (จีเน่) ใช้เรียกส่วนประกอบที่ทำหน้าที่ควบคุมลักษณะต่างๆ ของสิ่งมีชีวิต คำนามนี้ได้รับอิทธิพลจากภาษาอังกฤษ 'gene' ครับ |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "gen" not only means "gene" but also refers to the "type" or "kind" of something. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "ген" (gene) is cognate with the Greek word "γένος" (genos), meaning "race, kin, lineage". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'جین' is borrowed from English, where it is ultimately derived from the Greek word 'genea', meaning 'birth' or 'origin'. |
| Uzbek | The word "gen" in Uzbek can also mean "type" and "species". |
| Vietnamese | The word "gien" is also the Vietnamese word for "mirror" |
| Welsh | The word "genyn" in Welsh also has the meanings of "chin", "source" and "origin". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "Uhlobo" (gene) derives from the concept of "kind" or "type," signifying the fundamental nature of genes in determining inherited traits. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word 'gene' (גענע) can also refer to a 'species' or 'kind'. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba mythology, jiini also refers to a spirit or supernatural being associated with the forests. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isakhi sofuzo" literally translates to "a key to the ancestral home," implying its role as a link to one's lineage and identity. |
| English | "Gene" originates from the Greek "genos," meaning "birth," "descent," or "race," and its plural form "genes" has been used since 1909. |