codon

See also: codón and códon

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.dɒn/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.dɑn/
  • 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.

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French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

codon m (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) codon

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Latin

Etymology

    Derived 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.

    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

    Mutated forms of codon
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    codon godon nghodon chodon

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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