genetic

UK: /dʒɪˈnɛtɪk/ US: /dʒəˈnɛtɪk/ ,( jə net′ik)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ge•net•ic /dʒəˈnɛtɪk/  adj. 

1. Genetics of or relating to genes:
   genetic differences between species.

ge•net•i•cal•ly, adv. 
ge•net•i•cist /dʒəˈnɛtəsɪst/  n. [countable] See -gen-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ge•net•ic  ( jə net′ik), adj. 

1. Genetics [Biol.] pertaining or according to genetics.
2. Genetics of, pertaining to, or produced by genes;
   genic.
3. Genetics of, pertaining to, or influenced by geneses or origins.

Also, ge•net′i•cal. 

• gene(sis) + -tic 1825–35

ge•net′i•cal•ly, adv. 

-genetic, 

1. a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -genesis:
   parthenogenetic.

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genetic / dʒɪˈnɛtɪk/, genetical adjective

1. of or relating to genetics, genes, or the origin of something

Etymology: 19th Century: from genesis

geˈnetically adverb