# antigen
## English
### Etymology

From French antigène, from anti- + gène.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

antigen (plural antigens)
* (immunology) A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign.

#### Derived terms

* aeroantigen
* alloantigen
* antigenemia
* antigenized
* antigen-presenting cell
* Australia antigen
* autoantigen
* broad antigen
* chimeric antigen receptor
* coproantigen
* Duffy antigen
* ectoantigen
* exoantigen
* glycoantigen
* group-specific antigen
* histocompatibility antigen
* human leukocyte antigen
* immunoantigen
* isoantigen
* multiantigen
* neoantigen
* neuroantigen
* nonantigen
* pathoantigen
* phosphoantigen
* photoantigen
* prostate-specific antigen
* rapid antigen test
* self-antigen
* split antigen
* superantigen
* xenoantigen

#### Related terms

* antigenic
* antigenicity
* antigenity

#### Further reading

* antigen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* anteing, gentian

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

By surface analysis, anti- +‎ gen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑntiˈɟen], [ɑntiˈd͡ʒen]
* Audio (Baku):(file)
* Hyphenation: an‧la‧maq

### Noun

antigen (definite accusative antigeni, plural antigenlər)
* (immunology) antigen

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “antigen” in Obastan.com.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ənˈti.ʒən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [anˈti.d͡ʒen]

### Noun

antigen m (plural antígens)
* antigen

#### Related terms

* antigènic

### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈantɪɡɛn]
* IPA: [ˈantɪɡɛːn]

### Noun

antigen m inan
* antigen

#### Related terms

* antigenní

### Further reading

* “antigen”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “antigen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “antigen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch antigeen (“antigen”), from French antigène, from anti- + gène.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /an.ˈti.ɡɛn/
* Rhymes: -ɡɛn
* Hyphenation: an‧ti‧gen

### Noun

antigen (plural antigen-antigen)
* (immunology) antigen: a substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign

### Further reading

* “antigen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

Ultimately from French antigène, from anti- + gène.

### Noun

antigen (plural antigen-antigen, informal 1st possessive antigenku, 2nd possessive antigenmu, 3rd possessive antigennya)
* (immunology) antigen

#### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French antigène.

### Noun

antigen n (plural antigenuri)
* antigen