genus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.1.1 Inflection 3.1.1.2 Derived terms 3.1.1.3 Related terms 3.1.1.4 Descendants 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

< Latin genus (“‘birth, origin, a race, sort, kind’”) < root gen in Latin gignere, Old Latin gegnere (“‘to beget, produce’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: jēn'əs, IPA: /ˈdʒiːnəs/, SAMPA: /"dZi:n@s/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

genus (plural genera)

1. (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank

   All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.

   Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.

2. A group with common attributes
3. (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
4. (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:class

[edit] Related terms

• general
• generic
• generate
• generation
• gender
• genre

[edit] See also

• generic name
• class
• division
• kingdom
• order
• phylum
• species
• (semantics): differentia

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

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

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Latin genus

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genus n. (plural genera, no diminutive)

1. (botany) a rank in a taxonomic classification, in between family and species.
2. (botany) a taxon at this rank
3. (linguistics) gender

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• geslacht (2)

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“‘race’”). Cognates include Ancient Greek γένος (genos), “‘race, stock, kin, kind’”), Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), “‘race, class of beings’”).

[edit] Noun

genus (genitive generis); n, third declension

1. birth, origin
2. kind, type, class
3. set, group (with common attributes)

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	genus	genera
genitive	generis	generum
dative	generī	generibus
accusative	genus	genera
ablative	genere	generibus
vocative	genus	genera

[edit] Derived terms

• sui generis

[edit] Related terms

• generalis
• generare

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• genocide
• generate

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Inflection of genū

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genūs

1. genitive singular of genū

[edit] Etymology 3

Inflection of genus

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genus

1. accusative singular of genus
2. vocative singular of genus

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[edit] Etymology 1

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genus n.

Inflection for genus	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	genus	genuset	genus	genusen
Genitive	genus	genusets	genus	genusens

1. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)

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Inflection of genus

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genus

1. indefinite genitive singular of genus
2. plural form of genus
3. indefinite genitive plural of genus