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degenerate verb

  /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹeɪt/ , /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
 dégénérer, dégrader, se dégrader

degenerate noun

  /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹeɪt/ , /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
 dégénéré, dépravé

degenerate adjective

  /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹeɪt/ , /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
  • (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
 dégradé, dégénéré

degeneration noun

  /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
 dégénérescence, dégénération
  • (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
 dégénération, dégénérescence
degenerate matter
matière dégénérée
degenerate rearrangement
réarrangement dégénéré
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