genesis

See also Genesis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɛn.ə.sɪs/, X-SAMPA: /"dZEn.@.sIs/

Etymology

From Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (genesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from γίγνεσθαι second aor. γενέσθαι (“to be produced, become, be”).

Noun

genesis (plural geneses)

1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

   Some point to the creation of the Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.

Translations

the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創始 (cmn), 创始 (cmn) (chuàngshǐ), 起源 (cmn) (qǐyuán), 開端 (cmn), 开端 (cmn) (kāiduān)

• Dutch: genese (nl) f
• Finnish: alku (fi)
• French: genèse (fr) f
• German: Genese (de) f, Genesis (de) f
• Japanese: 起源 (ja) (きげん, kigen), 創世期 (ja) (そうせいき, sōseiki)

• Malayalam: ഉല്പത്തി (ml) (ulpathi) n
• Polish: geneza (pl) f, początek (pl) m, powstanie (pl) n
• Russian: происхождение (ru) (proisхoždénije) n, возникновение (ru) (vozniknovénije) n, генезис (ru) (genɛ́zis) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: генеза (sh) f, постанак (sh) m

  Roman: geneza (sh) f, postanak (sh) m

• Spanish: génesis (es) f
• Swedish: uppkomst (sv), tillblivelse (sv)
• Turkish: yaratılış (tr), ülkü (tr)

External links

• genesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• genesis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• signees