adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to eugenics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eugenic
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Pronunciation
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/juˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: Y UW0 JH EH1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Relating or adapting to production of strong or effective offspring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dysgenic
adjective
Meaning 3
pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dysgenic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h1es-? Proto-Indo-European *h1su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English eugenic From eu- + -genic.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: eugenèsic — of or relating to eugenics
- French: eugénique — of or relating to eugenics
- Kazakh: евгеникалық (evgenikalyq) — of or relating to eugenics
- Manx: jeih-gheintynagh — of or relating to eugenics
- Norwegian Bokmål: eugenisk — of or relating to eugenics
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eugenisk — of or relating to eugenics
- Polish: eugeniczny — of or relating to eugenics
- Spanish: eugenésico — of or relating to eugenics
- Spanish: eugénico — of or relating to eugenics
- Ukrainian: євгені́чний (jevheníčnyj) — of or relating to eugenics