Genesis

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, creation, beginning, origin).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Genesis

  1. (religion, biblical) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
  3. (Canada, US, video games) A video game console, the Sega Genesis.

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Genesis

  1. (biblical) Genesis

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.nə.sɪs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis f

  1. Genesis (a book of the Hebrew Bible)

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English Genesis

Pronunciation

Noun

Genesis m (uncountable)

  1. (North America) Sega Genesis

Synonyms

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Genesis f (genitive Genesis, plural Genesen)

  1. genesis
    Synonym: Genese f

Declension

Proper noun

Genesis f (proper noun, genitive Genesis)

  1. (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)
    Synonym: erstes Buch Mose

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Further reading

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey)
    • IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈnesis/
      • IPA(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /d͡ʒeˈnehih/
    • IPA(key): /heˈnesis/
      • IPA(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /heˈnehih/
  • Rhymes: -esis, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -ehih
  • Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis

  1. (biblical) Genesis (book of the Bible)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Genesis. Doublet of geneza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛˈnɛ.zis/
  • Rhymes: -ɛzis
  • Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis f (indeclinable)

  1. Genesis (book of the Bible)
    Synonym: Księga Rodzaju

Further reading

  • Genesis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Genesis (genitive Ghenesis)

  1. (biblical) Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

Slovak

Proper noun

Genesis ?

  1. (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Genesis

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈnesis/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈnesis/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈnesis/

Noun

Genesis m (uncountable)

  1. (US, Mexico) Sega Genesis

Synonyms

  • (Spain, Philippines, Argentina, Uruguay) Mega Drive

Swedish

Proper noun

Genesis c (genitive Genesis)

  1. Genesis
    Synonyms: Första Moseboken, Första Mosebok

Tagalog

Proper noun

Génesís or Genesis (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of Henesis

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, creation, beginning, origin).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Genesis

Book of Genesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Genesis on Wikisource.Wikisource
Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

  1. (biblical) The Book of Genesis

Coordinate terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Genesis
radical soft nasal aspirate
Genesis Enesis Ngenesis unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.