mutation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any alteration or change.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
3. (countable, uncountable) A mutant.
4. (countable, uncountable) An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
5. (countable, uncountable) The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
6. (collective, countable, noun, rare, uncountable) A group of thrushes.

Concepts

mutation

changement

mutant

transformation

modification

retouche

variante

variation

variété

alteration

mutation génétique

altération

mutagénèse

amendement

fluctuation

génétique

Synonymes

change

variation

alteration

mutant

transmutation

modification

transition

freak

transformation

sport

chromosomal mutation

shift

saltation

hybrid

metamorphosis

exception

variant

vicissitude

genetic mutation

novelty

permutation

accident

muton

alternation

amendment

commutation

deviation

difference

discontinuity

flux

monster

mutagenesis

mutate

strain

switch

transfiguration

transposition

turning

turnover

umlaut

variety

eccentric personality

varietysport

Traductions

mutación

mutazione

Mutation

mutação

mutació

mutatie

mutasyon

Änderung

طفرة

Veränderung

mutamento

cambiamento

Umwandlung

Mutationsprodukt

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mjuˈteɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mutacioun

In summary

Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.