noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈd͡ʒiː.nəʊm/
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US:/ˈd͡ʒiː.noʊm/
US:/d͡ʒɨˈnoʊm/
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rhymes with -əʊm
CMU ARPABET:JH IY1 N OW2 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ordering, order, ordination
History
Etymology
From earlier genom, from German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”). By surface analysis, gen(e) + -ome, or a blend of gen(e) + (chromos)ome. Spelling altered to reflect the surface analysis.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَجِين
(majīn)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Arabic:
جِينُوم
(jinūm)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Asturian:
xenoma
— complete genetic information of an organism
Catalan:
genoma
— complete genetic information of an organism
Chinese:
基因體 /基因体
(ki-in-thé)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Chinese:
遺傳體 /遗传体
(ûi-thoân-thé)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Chinese Mandarin:
基因組 /基因组
(jīyīnzǔ)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Chinese Mandarin:
基因體 /基因体
(jīyīntǐ)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Czech:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Danish:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Dutch:
genoom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Esperanto:
genaro
— complete genetic information of an organism
Finnish:
genomi
— complete genetic information of an organism
Finnish:
perimä
— complete genetic information of an organism
Finnish:
geeniperimä
— complete genetic information of an organism
French:
génome
— complete genetic information of an organism
Galician:
xenoma
— complete genetic information of an organism
German:
Genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Greek:
γονιδίωμα
(gonidíoma)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Hindi:
संजीन
(sañjīn)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Hungarian:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Icelandic:
erfðamengi
— complete genetic information of an organism
Ido:
genomo
— complete genetic information of an organism
Indonesian:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Interlingua:
genoma
— complete genetic information of an organism
Italian:
genoma
— complete genetic information of an organism
Japanese:
ゲノム
(genomu)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Korean:
게놈
(genom)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Latvian:
genoms
— complete genetic information of an organism
Lithuanian:
genomas
— complete genetic information of an organism
Malay:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Māori:
huingaira
— complete genetic information of an organism
Occitan:
genòma
— complete genetic information of an organism
Persian:
ژنوم
(ženom, ženum)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Polish:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Portuguese:
genoma
— complete genetic information of an organism
Romanian:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Russian:
гено́м
(genóm)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Samogitian:
genuoms
— complete genetic information of an organism
Serbo-Croatian:
гѐно̄м
— complete genetic information of an organism
Serbo-Croatian:
gènōm
— complete genetic information of an organism
Spanish:
genoma
— complete genetic information of an organism
Swedish:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Swedish:
arvsmassa
— complete genetic information of an organism
Turkish:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Ukrainian:
гено́м
(henóm)
— complete genetic information of an organism
Vietnamese:
bộ gen
— complete genetic information of an organism
Volapük:
genom
— complete genetic information of an organism
Yiddish:
גענאָם
(genóm)
— complete genetic information of an organism
