metagenome
noun
metagenome is spelled M-E-T-A-G-E-N-O-M-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, metagenome means “All the genetic material present in an environmental sample, consisting of the genomes of many individual organisms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of metagenome is metagenomes.
How many letters and syllables are in metagenome?
| Letters | 10: M-E-T-A-G-E-N-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is metagenome?
Metagenome appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of metagenome
- metagenomes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metagenome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
All the genetic material present in an environmental sample, consisting of the genomes of many individual organisms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does metagenome come from?
From meta- + genome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).