# mutant
## English
### Etymology

From Latin mūtāns, present participle of mūtō. By surface analysis, muta- +‎ -ant.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmjuːtənt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈmju(t)n̩(t)/
* Hyphenation: mu‧tant

### Noun

mutant (plural mutants)
* (genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
** 1918, Paul Popenoe, Roswell Hill Johnson, Applied Eugenics‎:Furthermore, it is possible that there occasionally arises what may be called a mutant of very desirable character from a eugenic point of view.
** 1922, John Burroughs, The Last Harvest‎:There does seem to have been some mutation among plants […] but in animal life where are the mutants? When or where has a new species originated in this way?
** 1953, E. Everett Evans, Man of Many Minds‎:"How did I ever get such ability?" he wondered. "No one else in our family has it. Am I some sort of a mutant? But if so, how or why? I never heard Dad or Mother mention it."
* (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
    Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!
* (computing) Synonym of mutex

#### Translations
### Adjective

mutant (not comparable)
* (genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.
    mutant DNA
** 2018 April 16, Damian Carrington, “Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles”, in The Guardian‎:Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles—by accident.
** 2020 November 8, Ian Sample, “UK scientists seek mutant Covid samples from Danish mink farms”, in The Guardian‎:Researchers at the SSI found that antibodies from people who recovered from coronavirus were less effective at neutralising the mutant strain, but have not made details of their experiments public.
* (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
    Your mutant brother just growled at me again!
** 2020 August 26, Heather Stewart, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson blames ‘mutant algorithm’ for exams fiasco”, in The Guardian‎:Boris Johnson got an angry response after telling school pupils that the exam results crisis was caused by a “mutant algorithm” and he was glad it had been “sorted out”.

#### Translations
### Derived terms

* mutant disco
* mutant protein

### Related terms

* mutate
* mutation

### Further reading

* “mutant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “mutant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Catalan
### Verb

mutant
* gerund of mutar

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мутант (mutant).

### Noun

mutant
* mutant

#### Declension
### References

* “mutant”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmutant]

### Noun

mutant m anim
* mutant

#### Related terms

* See motiv
* mutace
* mutovat

### Further reading

* “mutant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “mutant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mutant/, [muˈtˢanˀd̥]

### Noun

mutant c (singular definite mutanten, plural indefinite mutanter)
* mutant (something that has mutated)

#### Synonyms

* mutation

### Further reading

* mutant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mutans, present participle of mutare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /myˈtɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mu‧tant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Noun

mutant m (plural mutanten, diminutive mutantje n)
* mutant

#### Related terms

* mutatie
* muteren

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /my.tɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

mutant (feminine mutante, masculine plural mutants, feminine plural mutantes)
* mutant

### Participle

mutant
* present participle of muter

### Further reading

* “mutant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Verb

mūtant
* third-person plural present active indicative of mūtō

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmu.tant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -utant
* Syllabification: mu‧tant

### Noun

mutant m animal
* mutant

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mutant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mutant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mutant.

### Noun

mutant m (plural mutanți)
* mutant

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

mutant c
* a mutant

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | mutant | mutants |
| singular | definite | mutanten | mutantens |
| plural | indefinite | mutanter | mutanters |
| plural | definite | mutanterna | mutanternas |

#### Related terms

* mutation
* mutera

#### See also

* mutagen

### References

* mutant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* mutant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* mutant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)