Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multigene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: multi-gene
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving multiple genes

noun

multigene family

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English gene English multigene From multi- + gene.

Inflected Forms

multigenes (plural)

Phrases

multigene family

Questions

What does multigene mean?: Involving multiple genes
Where does multigene come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English gene English multigene From multi- + gene.

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