mutant

mutant

See also: Mutant

English

Etymology

From Latin mūtāns, present participle of mūtō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːtənt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmjutn̩(t)/
• Hyphenation: mu‧tant

Noun

mutant (plural mutants)

1. (genetics) That has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
   • 1918, Paul Popenoe; Roswell Hill Johnson, Applied Eugenics‎:

     Furthermore, it is possible that there occasionally arises what may be called a mutant of very desirable character from a eugenic point of view.

   • 1922, John Burroughs, The Last Harvest‎:

     There does seem to have been some mutation among plants […] but in animal life where are the mutants? When or where has a new species originated in this way?

   • 1953, E. Everett Evans, Man of Many Minds‎:

     "How did I ever get such ability?" he wondered. "No one else in our family has it. Am I some sort of a mutant? But if so, how or why? I never heard Dad or Mother mention it."

2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

   Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!

3. (computing) Synonym of mutex

Translations

something that has mutated

Bulgarian: мутант m (mutant) Catalan: mutant m Chinese: Mandarin: 突變體／突变体 (tūbiàntǐ) Czech: mutant (cs) m Dutch: mutant (nl) Esperanto: mutaciinto Estonian: mutant (et) Finnish: mutantti (fi) French: mutant (fr) m Galician: mutante m or f German: Mutant (de) m, Mutantin (de) f, Mutante (de) f (genetics) Greek: μεταλλαγμένος (el) m (metallagménos) Hungarian: mutáns Italian: mutante (it) m or f Japanese: 突然変異体 (とつぜんへんいたい, totsuzenhen'itai) Persian: جهش‌یافته‎ (jaheš-yâfte) Polish: mutant (pl) m Portuguese: mutante (pt) m or f Romanian: mutant (ro) m, mutantă f Russian: мута́нт (ru) m (mutánt) Serbo-Croatian: mùtant (sh) m Slovene: mutanta f Spanish: mutante (es) m Swahili: mutanti class 9/10, mwenye chembe za urithi zilizobadilika class 1/2, mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba class 1/2 Swedish: mutant c Tagalog: ibanyuhay

Adjective

mutant (not comparable)

1. (genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

   mutant DNA

   • 2018 April 16, Damian Carrington, “Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles”, in The Guardian‎:

     Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles—by accident.

   • 2020 November 8, Ian Sample, “UK scientists seek mutant Covid samples from Danish mink farms”, in The Guardian‎:

     Researchers at the SSI found that antibodies from people who recovered from coronavirus were less effective at neutralising the mutant strain, but have not made details of their experiments public.

2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

   Your mutant brother just growled at me again!

   • 2020 August 26, Heather Stewart, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson blames ‘mutant algorithm’ for exams fiasco”, in The Guardian‎:

     Boris Johnson got an angry response after telling school pupils that the exam results crisis was caused by a “mutant algorithm” and he was glad it had been “sorted out”.

Translations

mutant: mutating, that has mutated

Bulgarian: изменящ се (izmenjašt se) Catalan: mutant Esperanto: mutaciinta Galician: mutante German: mutierend (de), mutiert (de) Hungarian: mutáns Persian: جهش‌یافته‎ (jaheš-yâfte) Spanish: mutante (es) Swahili: ambaye chembe za urithi zilibadilika, mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba class 1/2, ya kimutanti

Related terms

• mutate
• mutation

Further reading

• mutant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• mutant at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Catalan

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of mutar

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmutant]

Noun

mutant m

1. mutant

Related terms

• See motiv
• mutace
• mutovat

Further reading

• mutant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mutant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutant/, [muˈtˢanˀd̥]

Noun

mutant c (singular definite mutanten, plural indefinite mutanter)

1. mutant (something that has mutated)

Inflection

Declension of mutant

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mutant	mutanten	mutanter	mutanterne
genitive	mutants	mutantens	mutanters	mutanternes

Synonyms

• mutation

Further reading

• mutant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mutans, present participle of mutare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myˈtɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: mu‧tant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

mutant m (plural mutanten, diminutive mutantje n)

1. mutant

Related terms

• mutatie
• muteren

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

mutant (feminine mutante, masculine plural mutants, feminine plural mutantes)

1. mutant

Participle

mutant

1. present participle of muter

Further reading

• “mutant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

mūtant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of mūtō

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.tant/
• Rhymes: -utant
• Syllabification: mu‧tant

Noun

mutant m anim

1. mutant

Declension

Declension of mutant

	singular	plural
nominative	mutant	mutanty
genitive	mutanta	mutantów
dative	mutantowi	mutantom
accusative	mutanta	mutanty
instrumental	mutantem	mutantami
locative	mutancie	mutantach
vocative	mutancie	mutanty

Further reading

• mutant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mutant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French mutant.

Noun

mutant m (plural mutanți)

1. mutant

Declension

Declension of mutant

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mutant	mutantul	(niște) mutanți	mutanții
genitive/dative	(unui) mutant	mutantului	(unor) mutanți	mutanților
vocative	mutantule		mutanților