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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”). Cognate with Spanish congénere, Italian congenere, French congénère.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧gé‧ne‧re
Adjective
congénere m or f (plural congéneres) (European Portuguese spelling)
- (biology) congeneric: pertaining to the same genus
- of the same genre, type, class, species etc.; like, similar, comparable
Noun
congénere m or f by sense (plural congéneres) (European Portuguese spelling)
- congener, peer, an individual of the same sort
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈxeneɾe/
- Rhymes: -eneɾe
- Syllabification: con‧gé‧ne‧re
Adjective
congénere m or f (masculine and feminine plural congéneres)
- like
Noun
congénere m (plural congéneres)
- peer
- (biology) member of the same genus; congener
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