# patogen
## Catalan
### Etymology

From pato- +‎ -gen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈtɔ.ʒən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paˈtɔ.d͡ʒen]

### Adjective

patogen (feminine patògena, masculine plural patògens, feminine plural patògenes)
* pathogenic

#### Related terms

* patogènesi
* patogènia

### Noun

patogen m (plural patògens)
* pathogen

### Further reading

* “patogen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “patogen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “patogen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “patogen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpatoɡɛn]
* IPA: [ˈpatoɡɛːn]

### Noun

patogen m inan
* pathogen

#### Usage notes

* Sometimes also seen as masculine animate.

#### Related terms

* See patos

### Further reading

* “patogen”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* patogen in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
* patogen in Velký lékařský slovník, lekarske.slovniky.cz

## Danish
### Adjective

patogen
* pathogenic

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### Derived terms

* patogenitet

#### Further reading

* “patogen” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pathogen, from patho- +‎ -gen.

### Noun

patogen (Jawi spelling ڤاتوݢن, plural patogen-patogen, informal 1st possessive patogenku, 2nd possessive patogenmu, 3rd possessive patogennya)
* pathogen

### Further reading

* “patogen” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) +‎ -gen.

### Adjective

patogen (neuter singular patogent, definite singular and plural patogene)
* (pathology) pathogenic

### Noun

patogen n (definite singular patogenet, indefinite plural patogen or patogener, definite plural patogena or patogenene)
* a pathogen

### References

* “patogen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) +‎ -gen.

### Adjective

patogen (neuter singular patogent, definite singular and plural patogene)
* (pathology) pathogenic

### Noun

patogen n (definite singular patogenet, indefinite plural patogen, definite plural patogena)
* a pathogen

### References

* “patogen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtɔ.ɡɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn
* Syllabification: pa‧to‧gen

### Noun

patogen m inan
* (pathology, immunology) pathogen

#### Derived terms

* patogenny

#### Related terms

* patogenetyczny
* patogeniczny
* patogeneza
* patogenia
* patogeniczność

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pathogène.

### Adjective

patogen m or n (feminine singular patogenă, masculine plural patogeni, feminine and neuter plural patogene)
* pathogenic

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pâtoɡeːn/
* Hyphenation: pa‧to‧gen

### Adjective

pȁtogēn (Cyrillic spelling па̏тоге̄н, definite pȁtogēnī)
* pathogenic