codon

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.dɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.dɑn/ Hyphenation: co‧don === Etymology 1 === From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn). ==== Noun ==== codon (plural codons) A handbell used for summoning monks. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet. === Etymology 2 === From code +‎ -on. ==== Noun ==== codon (plural codons) (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation. ===== Hyponyms ===== anticodon dicodon homocodon stop codon start codon tricodon initiation codon termination codon ===== Meronyms ===== nucleotide ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Condo, Condo., condo, no-doc == French == === Etymology === From English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.dɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ === Noun === codon m (plural codons) (biochemistry) codon === Anagrams === condo == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn). === Noun === cōdōn ? (genitive cōdōnis); third declension (Medieval Latin) codon: a handbell used for summoning monks. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “codon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “codon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “codon”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɔdɔn/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkoːdɔn/, /ˈkɔdɔn/ === Verb === codon first-person plural preterite of codi third-person plural preterite of codi === Mutation ===