Dictionary

mutate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /mjuːˈteɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmju.teɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

First attested in 1796; back-formation from mutation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin mūtō (“to exchange; to change, to vary”). Doublet of moult.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To undergo mutation.
   • The virus has mutated into a more resilient version.
2. (transitive) To cause mutation.

Forms

Deriveds

mutein · dismutate · transmutate · mutator · stereomutate · paramutate · hypermutate · mutative · mutatable · premutate · mutase

Relateds

mutatis mutandis · mutation · mutant

Translations (32)

fi mutatoitua (to undergo mutation) · sv mutera (to undergo mutation) · gl mutar (to cause mutation) · es mutar (to cause mutation) · fi mutatoida (to cause mutation) · mi whakairanoi (to cause mutation) · cy treiglo (to cause mutation) · nl muteren (to undergo mutation) · pt mutar (to undergo mutation) · sv mutera (to cause mutation) · cy treiglo (to undergo mutation) · am ተለወጠ (to undergo mutation) · cmn 變異 /变异 (to undergo mutation) · cy mwtanu (to cause mutation) · cy mwtanu (to undergo mutation) · el μεταλλάσσομαι (to undergo mutation) · vi đột biến (to undergo mutation) · fr muter (to undergo mutation) · th ผ่าเหล่า (to undergo mutation) · de mutieren (to undergo mutation) · th กลายพันธุ์ (to undergo mutation) · lb mutéieren (to undergo mutation) · gl mutar (to undergo mutation) · mi iranoi (to undergo mutation) · ca mutar (to undergo mutation) · eo mutacii (to undergo mutation) · ro suferi mutație (to undergo mutation) · tl mag-ibanyuhay (to undergo mutation) · ca mutar (to cause mutation) · it mutare (to undergo mutation) · es mutar (to undergo mutation) · gd mùth (to undergo mutation)