"mutant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmjuːtənt/ [UK], /ˈmju(t)n̩(t)/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mutant.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Latin mūtāns, present participle of mūtō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (change)}}, {{bor|en|la|mūtāns}} Latin mūtāns, {{m|la|mūtō}} mūtō Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mutant (not comparable)
  1. (genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genetics, Science fiction Translations (mutant: mutating, that has mutated): изменящ се (izmenjašt se) (Bulgarian), mutant (Catalan), mutaciinta (Esperanto), mutante (Galician), mutierend (German), mutiert (German), mutáns (Hungarian), جهشیافته (jaheš-yâfte) (Persian), mutante (Spanish), ambaye chembe za urithi zilibadilika (Swahili), mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba [class-1, class-2] (Swahili), ya kimutanti (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-mutant-en-adj-dbUbdJtV Disambiguation of Science fiction: 21 21 21 13 24 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 16 15 22 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'mutant: mutating, that has mutated': 96 4
  2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre. Tags: informal, not-comparable Categories (topical): People, Science fiction, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-mutant-en-adj-FVxtreA~ Disambiguation of People: 2 61 1 2 35 Disambiguation of Science fiction: 21 21 21 13 24 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 18 29 18 15 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 16 15 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mutant disco, mutant protein Related terms: mutate, mutation

Noun

IPA: /ˈmjuːtənt/ [UK], /ˈmju(t)n̩(t)/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mutant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mutants [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mūtāns, present participle of mūtō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (change)}}, {{bor|en|la|mūtāns}} Latin mūtāns, {{m|la|mūtō}} mūtō Head templates: {{en-noun}} mutant (plural mutants)
  1. (genetics) That has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation. Categories (topical): Genetics, Science fiction Translations (something that has mutated): мутант (mutant) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mutant [masculine] (Catalan), 突變體 (Chinese Mandarin), 突变体 (tūbiàntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), mutant [masculine] (Czech), mutant (Dutch), mutaciinto (Esperanto), mutant (Estonian), mutantti (Finnish), mutant [masculine] (French), mutante [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Mutant [masculine] (German), Mutantin [feminine] (German), Mutante [feminine] [genetics, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences] (German), μεταλλαγμένος (metallagménos) [masculine] (Greek), mutáns (Hungarian), mutante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 突然変異体 (totsuzenhen'itai) (alt: とつぜんへんいたい) (Japanese), جهشیافته (jaheš-yâfte) (Persian), mutant [masculine] (Polish), mutante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), mutant [masculine] (Romanian), mutantă [feminine] (Romanian), мута́нт (mutánt) [masculine] (Russian), mùtant [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mutanta [feminine] (Slovene), mutante [masculine] (Spanish), mutanti [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), mwenye chembe za urithi zilizobadilika [class-1, class-2] (Swahili), mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba [class-1, class-2] (Swahili), mutant [common-gender] (Swedish), ibanyuhay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-mutant-en-noun-ZNthukU~ Disambiguation of Science fiction: 21 21 21 13 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 16 15 22 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'something that has mutated': 89 4 7
  2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-mutant-en-noun-Lfh1wonr Disambiguation of Science fiction: 21 21 21 13 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 16 15 22
  3. (computing) Synonym of mutex Categories (topical): Computing, Science fiction Synonyms: mutex [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mutant-en-noun-sy0Y1nyJ Disambiguation of Science fiction: 21 21 21 13 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 16 15 22 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmenjašt se",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "изменящ се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "mutant"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "mutaciinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "mutante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "mutierend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "mutiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "mutáns"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jaheš-yâfte",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "جهشیافته"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "mutante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "ambaye chembe za urithi zilibadilika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mutant: mutating, that has mutated",
      "word": "ya kimutanti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mutant"
}

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