génétique
French, noun/ʒe.ne.tik/
génétique is spelled G-É-N-É-T-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Génétique is a French feminine noun meaning “genetics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étude de la genèse d'un phénomène”.
What does génétique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
genetic
code génétique
noun
- 1
femininegenetics
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux gènes, qui dépend des gènes (dans ces sens on dit plus rigoureusement génique). 2. Qui est lié à l’hérédité. 3. Qui concerne la génétique.
noun: 1. Étude de la genèse d'un phénomène.
noun: 1. Science du vivant qui étudie la transmission des caractères héréditaires.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of génétique
- génétiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce génétique?
- /ʒe.ne.tik/
- \ʒe.ne.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to génétique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is génétique in French?
génétique appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).