codon

See also: codón and códon

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkəʊdɒn/
  • Hyphenation: co‧don

Etymology 1

From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. A handbell used for summoning monks.[1][2]
  2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.[3]

Etymology 2

From code +‎ -on.

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.
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References
  1. Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
  2. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.
  3. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 1086.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.dɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

codon m (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) codon

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

cōdōn ? (genitive cōdōnis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) codon: a handbell used for summoning monks.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōdōn cōdōnēs
Genitive cōdōnis cōdōnum
Dative cōdōnī cōdōnibus
Accusative cōdōnem cōdōnēs
Ablative cōdōne cōdōnibus
Vocative cōdōn cōdōnēs

References
  • “codon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “codon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “codon”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

codon

  1. first-person plural preterite of codi
  2. third-person plural preterite of codi

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
codon godon nghodon chodon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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