genetic

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• jə-nĕt'ĭk
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• /d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/
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• /d͡ʒɪˈnɛt.ɪk/
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• South-Asia: /ˈdʒɛ.nə.ʈɪk/
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• South-Asia: /ˈdʒɛn.ʈɪks/
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Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: xenéticu — relating to genetics or genes
• Belarusian: генеты́чны (hjenjetýčny) — relating to genetics or genes
• Bulgarian: генетичен (genetičen) — relating to genetics or genes
• Catalan: genètic — relating to genetics or genes
• Czech: genetický — relating to genetics or genes
• Danish: genetisk — relating to genetics or genes
• Dutch: genetisch — relating to genetics or genes
• Esperanto: genetika — relating to genetics or genes
• Finnish: geneettinen — relating to genetics or genes
• French: génétique — relating to genetics or genes
• Galician: xenético — relating to genetics or genes
• Georgian: გენეტიკური (geneṭiḳuri) — relating to genetics or genes
• Georgian: გენეტიკის (geneṭiḳis) — relating to genetics or genes
• German: genetisch — relating to genetics or genes
• Hindi: अनुवांशिक (anuvāñśik) — relating to genetics or genes
• Hungarian: genetikai — relating to genetics or genes
• Ido: genezala — relating to genetics or genes
• Interlingua: genetic — relating to genetics or genes
• Irish: gineach — relating to genetics or genes
• Irish: géiniteach — relating to genetics or genes
• Italian: genetico — relating to genetics or genes
• Japanese: 遺伝的 (identeki) — relating to genetics or genes
• Northern Kurdish: bomaweyî — relating to genetics or genes
• Latvian: ģenētisks — relating to genetics or genes
• Occitan: genetic — relating to genetics or genes
• Polish: genetyczny — relating to genetics or genes
• Portuguese: genético — relating to genetics or genes
• Romanian: genetic — relating to genetics or genes
• Russian: генети́ческий (genetíčeskij) — relating to genetics or genes
• Spanish: genético — relating to genetics or genes
• Swedish: genetisk — relating to genetics or genes
• Telugu: జన్యు (janyu) — relating to genetics or genes
• Telugu: జన్యుపరమైన (janyuparamaina) — relating to genetics or genes
• Ukrainian: генети́чний (henetýčnyj) — relating to genetics or genes
• Welsh: genynnol — relating to genetics or genes
• Yiddish: גענעטיש (genetish) — relating to genetics or genes
• Bulgarian: генен (genen) — caused by genes
• Catalan: genèsic — caused by genes
• Dutch: genetisch — caused by genes
• Dutch: erfelijk — caused by genes
• Hindi: अनुवांशिक (anuvāñśik) — caused by genes
• Hungarian: genetikai — caused by genes
• Swedish: genetisk — caused by genes
• Vietnamese: di truyền — caused by genes
• Welsh: genynnol — caused by genes