codon

See also: codón and códon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊdɒn/
• Hyphenation: co‧don

Etymology 1

From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

codon (plural codons)

1. A handbell used for summoning monks.
2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

Etymology 2

From code +‎ -on.

Noun

codon (plural codons)

1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

Hyponyms

• anticodon
• dicodon
• homocodon
• stop codon
• start codon
• tricodon
• initiation codon
• termination codon

Meronyms

• nucleotide

Derived terms

• intercodon
• intracodon
• multicodon

 

Translations

sequence of three nucleotides

• Catalan: codó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密碼子／密码子 (zh) (mìmǎzǐ)

• Finnish: kodoni (fi)
• French: codon (fr) m
• German: Codon (de) n
• Hungarian: kodon
• Italian: codone (it) m
• Japanese: コドン (kodon), 遺伝暗号 (ja) (iden'angō)
• Khmer: ក្រមាណូ (km) (krorm mea no)
• Maori: pūihokarihi
• Portuguese: códon (pt)
• Russian: кодо́н (ru) m (kodón), три́плет (ru) m (tríplet)
• Spanish: codón (es) m
• Swedish: kodon (sv)

Anagrams

• Condo, Condo., condo, no-doc

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.dɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

codon m (plural codons)

1. (biochemistry) codon

Anagrams

• condo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

cōdōn ? (genitive cōdōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) codon: a handbell used for summoning monks.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōdōn	cōdōnēs
Genitive	cōdōnis	cōdōnum
Dative	cōdōnī	cōdōnibus
Accusative	cōdōnem	cōdōnēs
Ablative	cōdōne	cōdōnibus
Vocative	cōdōn	cōdōnēs

References

• “codon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “codon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “codon”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔdɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːdɔn/, /ˈkɔdɔn/

Verb

codon

1. first-person plural preterite of codi
2. third-person plural preterite of codi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
codon	godon	nghodon	chodon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.