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.^[1][2]
2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.^[3]

Etymology 2

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codon

Wikipedia

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)

References

1. Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
2. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.
3. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 1086.

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.