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transgenic

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/
  • UK: /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AE2 N Z JH EH1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From trans- + -genic.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: tresxénicu — genetically modified
  • Catalan: transgènic — genetically modified
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉基因的 /转基因的 (zhuǎnjīyīn de) — genetically modified
  • Dutch: transgeen — genetically modified
  • Finnish: siirtogeeninen — genetically modified
  • Finnish: transgeeninen — genetically modified
  • French: transgénique — genetically modified
  • German: transgen — genetically modified
  • Greek: διαγονιδιακός (diagonidiakós) — genetically modified
  • Greek: διαγενετικός (diagenetikós) — genetically modified
  • Italian: transgenico — genetically modified
  • Japanese: 遺伝子組み換え (idenshi kumikae) — genetically modified
  • Japanese: トランスジェニック (toransujenikku) — genetically modified
  • Polish: transgeniczny — genetically modified
  • Portuguese: transgênico — genetically modified
  • Portuguese: transgénico — genetically modified
  • Spanish: transgénico — genetically modified