adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Canada, US:/pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
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rhymes with -ɛnɪk
CMU ARPABET:P AE2 TH AH0 JH EH1 N IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Able to cause (harmful) disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
Examples
While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
able to cause disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
infective agents
pathogenic bacteria
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: infective, morbific
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From patho- + -genic.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
патаге́нны
(patahjénny)
— able to cause disease
Belarusian:
хваробатво́рны
(xvarobatvórny)
— able to cause disease
Catalan:
patogen
— able to cause disease
Catalan:
patogènic
— able to cause disease
Chinese Mandarin:
致病的
(zhìbìng de)
— able to cause disease
Chinese Mandarin:
病原的
(bìngyuán de)
— able to cause disease
Czech:
patogenní
— able to cause disease
Czech:
choroboplodný
— able to cause disease
Dutch:
pathogeen
— able to cause disease
Dutch:
ziekteverwekkend
— able to cause disease
Finnish:
patogeeninen
— able to cause disease
French:
pathogène
— able to cause disease
Galician:
patóxeno
— able to cause disease
German:
pathogen
— able to cause disease
German:
krankheitserregend
— able to cause disease
Hungarian:
kórokozó
— able to cause disease
Italian:
patogenico
— able to cause disease
Kazakh:
патогендік
(patogendık)
— able to cause disease
Polish:
chorobotwórczy
— able to cause disease
Polish:
patogenny
— able to cause disease
Polish:
patogenetyczny
— able to cause disease
Polish:
patogeniczny
— able to cause disease
Portuguese:
patogénico
— able to cause disease
Portuguese:
patógeno
— able to cause disease
Russian:
патоге́нный
(patogénnyj)
— able to cause disease
Russian:
болезнетво́рный
(boleznetvórnyj)
— able to cause disease
Spanish:
patógeno
— able to cause disease
Spanish:
patogénico
— able to cause disease
Swedish:
patogen
— able to cause disease
Tagalog:
mulsakitin
— able to cause disease
Ukrainian:
патоге́нний
(patohénnyj)
— able to cause disease
Ukrainian:
хвороботво́рний
(xvorobotvórnyj)
— able to cause disease