genera

See also: generá, généra, generà, and gênera

English

Etymology

From Latin genera (“clans”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕn'ə-rə, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹə/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: gen‧er‧a

Noun

genera

1. plural of genus

See also

• phyla
• species

Anagrams

• Gerena, anegre, angree, enrage

Catalan

Verb

genera

1. inflection of generar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Danish

Noun

genera or genus n

1. indefinite plural of genus

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

genera

1. plural of genus

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ne.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛnera
• Hyphenation: gè‧ne‧ra

Verb

genera

1. inflection of generare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• angere, genare, negare

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of genus (“type, kind”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ne.ra/, [ˈɡɛnɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ne.ra/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnerä]

Noun

genera

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of genus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of generō (“I beget”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ne.raː/, [ˈɡɛnɛräː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ne.ra/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnerä]

Verb

generā

1. singular present active imperative of generō

References

• genera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genera m or n

1. indefinite plural of genus
2. definite plural of genus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genera m

1. indefinite plural of genus
2. definite plural of genus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian generare or Latin generare.

Verb

a genera (third-person singular present generează, past participle generat) 1st conjugation

1. to generate

Conjugation

    conjugation of genera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a genera
gerund			generând
past participle			generat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	generez	generezi	generează	generăm	generați	generează
	imperfect	generam	generai	genera	generam	generați	generau
	simple perfect	generai	generași	generă	generarăm	generarăți	generară
	pluperfect	generasem	generaseși	generase	generaserăm	generaserăți	generaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să generez	să generezi	să genereze	să generăm	să generați	să genereze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		generează			generați
	negative		nu genera			nu generați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeˈneɾa/ [xeˈne.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ra

Verb

genera

1. inflection of generar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Verb

genera (present generar, preterite generade, supine generat, imperative genera)

1. to embarrass

Conjugation

Conjugation of genera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	genera		generas
Supine	generat		generats
Imperative	genera		—
Imper. plural1	generen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	generar	generade	generas	generades
Ind. plural1	genera	generade	generas	generades
Subjunctive2	genere	generade	generes	generades
	Participles
Present participle	generande
Past participle	generad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• generad
• genant
• ogenerad

Further reading

• genera in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• egnare