degenere

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Galician

Verb

degenere

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of degenerar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. 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)

  1. 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

  • Hyphenation: de‧ge‧ne‧re

Verb

degenere

  1. inflection of degenerar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dexeˈneɾe/
  • Rhymes: -eɾe
  • Syllabification: de‧ge‧ne‧re

Verb

degenere

  1. inflection of degenerar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative