"allele" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæ.liː.l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈ.liː.l/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allele.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-allele.wav [US] Forms: alleles [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: Borrowed from German Allel, shortened from Allelomorph, from English allelomorph. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek prefix ἀλληλ- (allēl-) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|de|Allel|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} German Allel, {{bor+|en|de|Allel}} Borrowed from German Allel, {{m|de|Allelomorph}} Allelomorph, {{der|en|en|allelomorph}} English allelomorph, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|ἀλληλ-}} ἀλληλ- (allēl-), {{m|grc|ἄλλος|t=other}} ἄλλος (állos, “other”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} allele (plural alleles)
  1. (genetics) One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome. Wikipedia link: allele Categories (topical): Genetics Synonyms: allelomorph Related terms: allelomorph, biallelic, diallelic, haploallele, monoallelic, multiple allelism, nonallelic Translations (variant of a gene): al·lel [masculine] (Catalan), 等位基因 (děngwèi jīyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 對偶基因 (Chinese Mandarin), 对偶基因 (duì'ǒu jīyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 基因等位 (jīyīn děngwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), alela [feminine] (Czech), allel [neuter] (Dutch), alleeli (Finnish), allèle [masculine] (French), Allel [neuter] (German), αλληλόμορφο γονίδιο (allilómorfo gonídio) [neuter] (Greek), allél (Hungarian), samsæta [feminine] (Icelandic), genasamsæta [feminine] (Icelandic), tvenndargen [neuter] (Icelandic), alelo (Ido), alel (Indonesian), ailléil [feminine] (Irish), allele [masculine] (Italian), 対立遺伝子 (tairitsu idenshi) (Japanese), អាឡែល (ʼaalael) (Khmer), alēle [feminine] (Latvian), irarā (Maori), allel [masculine] (Polish), allelomorf [masculine] (Polish), alelo [masculine] (Portuguese), alelă [feminine] (Romanian), алле́ль (allélʹ) [feminine] (Russian), alel [masculine] (Slovene), alelo [masculine] (Spanish), allel [common-gender] (Swedish), ibayo (Tagalog), kaibayong-anyo (Tagalog), kaibayunyo (Tagalog), але́ль (alélʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Adjective [German]

Audio: De-allele.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|adjective form}} allele
  1. inflection of allel: Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, mixed, nominative, singular, strong Form of: allel
    Sense id: en-allele-de-adj-iQbNDE-U
  2. inflection of allel: Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, strong Form of: allel
    Sense id: en-allele-de-adj-aFT~sI28
  3. inflection of allel: Tags: form-of, nominative, singular, weak Form of: allel
    Sense id: en-allele-de-adj-66UwnkEA Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 37 21
  4. inflection of allel: Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, neuter, singular, weak Form of: allel
    Sense id: en-allele-de-adj-ImT8Xrxn

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /alˈlɛ.le/ Forms: alleli [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛle Etymology: Clipping of allelomorfo, compare English allele. Etymology templates: {{clipping|it|allelomorfo}} Clipping of allelomorfo, {{cog|en|allele}} English allele Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} allele m (plural alleli)
  1. (genetics) allele Wikipedia link: it:allele Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Genetics Synonyms: allelomorfo, allelo Related terms: allelia, allelico, allelo-, allelomorfismo, allelomorfo, allelopatia, allelotropia, allelotropo
    Sense id: en-allele-it-noun-nDt6MGOY Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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