"genetic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /d͡ʒəˈnɛtɪk/, /d͡ʒɪˈnɛtɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-genetic.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: jə-nĕt'ĭk Rhymes: -ɛtɪk Etymology: Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or genesis + -etic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{m|en|genesis}} genesis, {{m|en|antithesis}} antithesis, {{m|en|antithetic}} antithetic, {{der|en|grc|γίγνομαι||I come into being}} Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”), {{surf|en|gene|-tic}} By surface analysis, gene + -tic, {{suffix|en|genesis|etic}} genesis + -etic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} genetic (not comparable)
  1. (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (relating to genetics or genes): xenéticu (Asturian), генеты́чны (hjenjetýčny) (Belarusian), генетичен (genetičen) (Bulgarian), genètic (Catalan), genetický (Czech), genetisk (Danish), genetisch (Dutch), genetika (Esperanto), geneettinen (Finnish), génétique (French), xenético (Galician), გენეტიკური (geneṭiḳuri) (Georgian), გენეტიკის (geneṭiḳis) (Georgian), genetisch (German), genetikai (Hungarian), genezala (Ido), genetic (Interlingua), gineach (Irish), géiniteach (Irish), genetico (Italian), 遺伝的 (identeki) (Japanese), ģenētisks (Latvian), bomaweyî [neuter] (Northern Kurdish), genetic (Occitan), genetyczny (Polish), genético (Portuguese), genetic (Romanian), генети́ческий (genetíčeskij) (Russian), genético (Spanish), genetisk (Swedish), జన్యు (janyu) (Telugu), జన్యుపరమైన (janyuparamaina) (Telugu), генети́чний (henetýčnyj) (Ukrainian), genynnol (Welsh), גענעטיש (genetish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-genetic-en-adj-KdwDi1ZN Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'relating to genetics or genes': 78 10 2 6 4
  2. Caused by genes. Tags: not-comparable Translations (caused by genes): генен (genen) (Bulgarian), genetisch (Dutch), erfelijk (Dutch), genetikai (Hungarian), genetisk (Swedish), genynnol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-genetic-en-adj-qWMEwZRr Disambiguation of 'caused by genes': 10 73 2 9 6
  3. Of or relating to origin (genesis). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-genetic-en-adj-WR4CGsn5
  4. (linguistics) Based on shared membership in a linguistic family. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-genetic-en-adj-DSctrdZd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -etic, English terms suffixed with -tic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 7 40 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -etic: 12 13 7 41 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tic: 14 13 8 40 26 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (theology) Based on a shared membership in a religious family. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-genetic-en-adj-lzg6lYAV Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: genealogical, genic, hereditary Related terms: gene, genetics, genetically

Alternative forms

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          "word": "జన్యు"
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          "text": "Guy Stroumsa (2011) proposes the use of the alternative term Abrahamic religions, emphasizing the genetic relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their branches, for which the idea of monotheism is not always central.",
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      "word": "genetic bottleneck"
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      "word": "genetic code"
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      "word": "genetic determinism"
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      "word": "genetic engineer"
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "genetic gap"
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      "word": "genetic girl"
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    {
      "word": "genetic lottery"
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      "word": "genetic marker"
    },
    {
      "word": "genetic material"
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    {
      "word": "genetic memory"
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    {
      "word": "genetic modification"
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    {
      "word": "genetic pollution"
    },
    {
      "word": "genetic programming"
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    {
      "word": "genetic sequencing"
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    {
      "word": "genetic sexual attraction"
    },
    {
      "word": "mobile genetic element"
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    {
      "word": "monogenetic volcano"
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          "ref": "2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3",
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        "natural-sciences",
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        "not-comparable"
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        {
          "ref": "1858, Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858",
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      "links": [
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          "linguistics"
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        "(linguistics) Based on shared membership in a linguistic family."
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        "sciences"
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2016 September 15, Koji Yamashiro, edited by Yochai Ataria, David Gurevitz, Haviva Pedaya, and Yuval Neria, Trauma and Monotheism: Sugmund Freud’s Moses and Monotheism and the Possibility of Writing a Traumatic History of Religion, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →DOI, page 251",
          "text": "Guy Stroumsa (2011) proposes the use of the alternative term Abrahamic religions, emphasizing the genetic relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their branches, for which the idea of monotheism is not always central.",
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        }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪˈnɛtɪk/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "enpr": "jə-nĕt'ĭk"
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      "word": "genealogical"
    },
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      "word": "hereditary"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "xenéticu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hjenjetýčny",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "генеты́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "genetičen",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "генетичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genètic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "geneettinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "génétique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "xenético"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "geneṭiḳuri",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "გენეტიკური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "geneṭiḳis",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "გენეტიკის"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetikai"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genezala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "gineach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "géiniteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "identeki",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "遺伝的"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bomaweyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "ģenētisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetic"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genético"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "genetíčeskij",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "генети́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genético"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "janyu",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "జన్యు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "janyuparamaina",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "జన్యుపరమైన"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "henetýčnyj",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "генети́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "henetýčnyj",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "генети́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "genynnol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "genetish",
      "sense": "relating to genetics or genes",
      "word": "גענעטיש"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "genen",
      "sense": "caused by genes",
      "word": "генен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "caused by genes",
      "word": "genetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "caused by genes",
      "word": "erfelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "caused by genes",
      "word": "genetikai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "caused by genes",
      "word": "genetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "caused by genes",
      "word": "genynnol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "genetic"
}

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