progenitura

See also: progenitură and progeniturą

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *prōgenitūra, from Latin prōgignō (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.ʒə.niˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.ʒə.niˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.d͡ʒe.niˈtu.ɾa]

Noun

progenitura f (plural progenitures)

1. progeny, offspring

   Synonym: prole

Related terms

• progenitor

Further reading

• “progenitura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English progeniture, French progéniture, German Progenitur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.ɡɛ.ɲiˈtu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: pro‧ge‧ni‧tu‧ra

Noun

progenitura f

1. (archaic, humorous) descendants, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny

   Synonym: potomstwo

Declension

Declension of progenitura

	singular
nominative	progenitura
genitive	progenitury
dative	progeniturze
accusative	progeniturę
instrumental	progeniturą
locative	progeniturze
vocative	progenituro

Further reading

• progenitura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• progenitura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *prōgenitūra, from Latin prōgignō (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoxeniˈtuɾa/ [pɾo.xe.niˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pro‧ge‧ni‧tu‧ra

Noun

progenitura f (plural progenituras)

1. caste

   Synonym: casta

Further reading

• “progenitura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16