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phenotype

noun · verb · 4 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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  • UK: /ˈfiː.nə(ʊ)ˌtaɪp/
  • US: /ˈfiː.nəˌtaɪp/
  • US: /ˈfiː.noʊˌtaɪp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F IY1 N AH0 T AY2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: evolutionary theory

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any observable characteristic of an organism, such as its morphological, developmental, biochemical or physiological properties, or its behavior.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: evolutionary theory

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To evaluate or classify based on phenotype.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up

History

Etymology

From pheno- + -type, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”) + τύπος (túpos, “mark, type”).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: fenotipe — appearance of organism
  • Arabic: نَمَط ظَاهِرِيّ (namaṭ ẓāhiriyy) — appearance of organism
  • Armenian: ֆենոտիպ (fenotip) — appearance of organism
  • Bashkir: фенотип (fenotip) — appearance of organism
  • Catalan: fenotip — appearance of organism
  • Catalan: fenotipus — appearance of organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 表現型 /表现型 (biǎoxiànxíng) — appearance of organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 表型 (biǎoxíng) — appearance of organism
  • Czech: fenotyp — appearance of organism
  • Dutch: fenotype — appearance of organism
  • Dutch: verschijningsvorm — appearance of organism
  • Finnish: fenotyyppi — appearance of organism
  • Finnish: ilmiasu — appearance of organism
  • French: phénotype — appearance of organism
  • Georgian: ფენოტიპი (penoṭiṗi) — appearance of organism
  • German: Phänotyp — appearance of organism
  • German: Erscheinungsbild — appearance of organism
  • Greek: φαινότυπος (fainótypos) — appearance of organism
  • Hungarian: fenotípus — appearance of organism
  • Icelandic: svipgerð — appearance of organism
  • Icelandic: svipfar — appearance of organism
  • Indonesian: fenotipe — appearance of organism
  • Irish: feinitíopa — appearance of organism
  • Italian: fenotipo — appearance of organism
  • Japanese: 表現型 (hyōgengata) — appearance of organism
  • Kazakh: фенотип (fenotip) — appearance of organism
  • Korean: 표현형 (pyohyeonhyeong) — appearance of organism
  • Kyrgyz: фенотип (fenotip) — appearance of organism
  • Malay: fenotip — appearance of organism
  • Māori: tohuāhua — appearance of organism
  • Persian: فنوتیپ — appearance of organism
  • Polish: fenotyp — appearance of organism
  • Portuguese: fenótipo — appearance of organism
  • Romanian: fenotip — appearance of organism
  • Russian: феноти́п (fenotíp) — appearance of organism
  • Serbo-Croatian: fenotip — appearance of organism
  • Spanish: fenotipo — appearance of organism
  • Swedish: fenotyp — appearance of organism
  • Tamil: தோற்றவமைப்பு (tōṟṟavamaippu) — appearance of organism
  • Thai: รูปแบบปรากฏ — appearance of organism
  • Turkish: fenotip — appearance of organism
  • Vietnamese: kiểu hình — appearance of organism