Dictionary

codon en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkoʊ.dɑn/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈkəʊ.dɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Meanings

1. A handbell used for summoning monks.
2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

Forms

codon en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkoʊ.dɑn/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈkəʊ.dɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From code + -on.

Meanings

1. A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

Forms

Deriveds

intracodon · intercodon · multicodon

Hyponyms

stop codon · dicodon · anticodon · homocodon · start codon · termination codon · initiation codon · tricodon

Meronyms

nucleotide

Translations (24)

et koodon (sequence of three nucleotides) · sl kodon (sequence of three nucleotides) · de Basentriplett (sequence of three nucleotides) · csb kòdon (sequence of three nucleotides) · pt códon (sequence of three nucleotides) · ja 遺伝暗号 (sequence of three nucleotides) · cs kodon (sequence of three nucleotides) · it codone (sequence of three nucleotides) · pl kodon (sequence of three nucleotides) · uk кодо́н (sequence of three nucleotides) · sk kodón (sequence of three nucleotides) · sv kodon (sequence of three nucleotides) · mi pūihokarihi (sequence of three nucleotides) · km ក្រមាណូ (sequence of three nucleotides) · fr codon (sequence of three nucleotides) · hu kodon (sequence of three nucleotides) · fi kodoni (sequence of three nucleotides) · ja コドン (sequence of three nucleotides) · ru три́плет (sequence of three nucleotides) · ru кодо́н (sequence of three nucleotides) · es codón (sequence of three nucleotides) · de Codon (sequence of three nucleotides) · ca codó (sequence of three nucleotides) · cmn 密碼子 /密码子 (sequence of three nucleotides)