English

Noun

codon ‎(plural codons)

1. A handbell used for summoning monks.^[1][2]
2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.^[3]

Etymology 2

From code +‎ -on.

Noun

codon ‎(plural codons)

1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

Hyponyms

• anticodon
• stop codon
• start codon

Meronyms

• nucleotide

Translations

Anagrams

• condo
• no-doc

References

1. ↑ Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
2. ↑ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.
3. ↑ Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 1086.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.dɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -dɔ̃

Etymology

From English

Noun

codon m ‎(plural codons)

1. (biochemistry) codon

Anagrams

• condo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώδων ‎(kṓdōn).

Noun

codon

1. codon: a handbell used for summoning monks.

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 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