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-gen

-gen suffix: a producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.

Suffix

-gen

  1. A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.
    • mutagen ― an agent that gives rise to mutations
    • tormogen ― a cell that forms a socket

-gen meaning in Tamil and Persian

-gen in Tamil

ஆக்கி

-gen in Persian

producer of something
زا -zā

Origin of -gen

Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Questions about -gen

What does -gen mean?
-gen means a producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.
What is -gen in Tamil?
-gen in Tamil is ஆக்கி. See -gen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is -gen?
-gen is a suffix.

Words near -gen in the dictionary

  1. -gates
  2. -gatran
  3. -gaze
  4. -geddon
  5. -gem
  6. -gen
  7. -gene
  8. -geneses
  9. -genesis
  10. -genic
  11. -genin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -gen (page history and authors); -gen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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