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See also: gêner

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius. Compare Occitan genièr, French janvier, Spanish enero.

Pronunciation

Noun

gener m (plural geners)

  1. January

See also

Further reading

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

gener c

  1. indefinite plural of gene

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

gener n

  1. indefinite plural of gen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

gener (genér)

  1. imperative of genere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. The current form can be derived from a byform *gemros, assimilating the nasal to make *genros, from which derives a second-declension r-stem.

Pronunciation

Noun

gener m (genitive generī); second declension

  1. son-in-law
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.221–222:
      hanc ego cum vellem generō dare, tempora taedīs
      aptā requīrēbam, quaeque cavenda forent.
      When I was wanting to give her to a son-in-law, I was looking for the times suited for marriage torches, and whichever must be avoided.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gener generī
Genitive generī generōrum
Dative generō generīs
Accusative generum generōs
Ablative generō generīs
Vocative gener generī

Descendants

See also

References

  • “gener”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “gener”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gener in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258

Maia

Noun

gener

  1. night

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gener n or m

  1. indefinite neuter/masculine plural of gen

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ ner. Cognate with Middle Low German genēr.

Pronunciation

Noun

ġener n (nominative plural ġeneru)

  1. a refuge; protection; asylum; sanctuary

Declension

Declension of gener (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ġener ġeneru
accusative ġener ġeneru
genitive ġeneres ġenera
dative ġenere ġenerum

Related terms

Swedish

Noun

gener

  1. indefinite plural of gen

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