Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polygene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-gene
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of nonallelic genes that act together to produce phenotype variations

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English gene English polygene From poly- + gene.

Inflected Forms

polygenes (plural)

Questions

What does polygene mean?
A group of nonallelic genes that act together to produce phenotype variations
Where does polygene come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English gene English polygene From poly- + gene.

How to pronounce polygene

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “polygene”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “polygene”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “polygene” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.