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Galician
Verb
degenere
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of degenerar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Italian
Etymology
From Latin dēgenerem (“degenerate” ← “low-born”, “inferior”). By surface analysis, de- (“away from”) + genere (“kind”, “species”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈd͡ʒɛ.ne.re/
- Rhymes: -ɛnere
- Hyphenation: de‧gè‧ne‧re
Adjective
degenere (plural degeneri)
- degenerate
- Synonyms: imbastardito, (uncommon) tralignato
Further reading
- degenere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- degenere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- degenere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- degenere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- degènere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- degènere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
degenere
- inflection of degenerar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dexeˈneɾe/
- Rhymes: -eɾe
- Syllabification: de‧ge‧ne‧re
Verb
degenere
- inflection of degenerar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative