congener
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English
Etymology
From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/, /kənˈd͡ʒiːnə(ɹ)/
Noun
congener (plural congeners)
- A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
- Hyponym: conspecific
- A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
- 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience , London: Longmans, Green & Co.:
- Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.
- (chemistry) Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
- Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
a plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another
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a person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another
any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character
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References
- “congener”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
congener (genitive congeneris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of the same race
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
congener m (genitive congenerī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | congener | congenerī |
| Genitive | congenerī | congenerōrum |
| Dative | congenerō | congenerīs |
| Accusative | congenerum | congenerōs |
| Ablative | congenerō | congenerīs |
| Vocative | congener | congenerī |
Further reading
- “congener”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- congener in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French congénère, from Latin congener.
Adjective
congener m or n (feminine singular congeneră, masculine plural congeneri, feminine and neuter plural congenere)
Declension
Declension of congener
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | congener | congeneră | congeneri | congenere | ||
| definite | congenerul | congenera | congenerii | congenerele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | congener | congenere | congeneri | congenere | ||
| definite | congenerului | congenerei | congenerilor | congenerelor | |||