gen
Spanish, noun
gen is spelled G-E-N (3 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,927th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, gén. is a different word: “abbreviation of género”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad física y funcional del material hereditario que determina un carácter del individuo y que se trasmite…”.
What does gen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegene
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of género
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unidad física y funcional del material hereditario que determina un carácter del individuo y que se trasmite de generación en generación. Desde el punto de vista molecular, un gen es una secuencia lineal de nucleótidos en la molécula de ADN, que contiene la información necesaria para la síntesis de una macromolécula con función celular específica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gen
- genes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gen in Spanish?
gen appears 7.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).