genus

See also ĝenus, and -genus

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignere, Old Latin gegnere (“to beget, produce”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: jēn'əs, IPA: /ˈdʒiːnəs/, SAMPA: /"dZi:n@s/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːnəs

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.

   There are only two genera and species of seadragons.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 6

     Müller […] criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus.

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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:class

Derived terms

• summum genus

Related terms

• general
• generic
• generate
• generation
• gender
• genocide
• genre
• infrageneric

See also

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

Translations

rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species

Catalan: gènere (ca) m. Czech: rod (cs) m. Danish: slægt (da) c., genus (da) n. Dutch: geslacht (nl) n. Esperanto: genro (eo) Estonian: perekond (et) Finnish: suku (fi) French: genre (fr) m. Galician: xénero (gl) m. Greek: γένος (el) (génos) n.

Hungarian: nemzetség (hu) Italian: genere (it) m. Japanese: 属 (ja) (zoku) Khmer: ពួក (km) (pouk) Persian: سرده (fa) (sarde) Polish: rodzaj (pl) m. Portuguese: gênero (pt) m. Russian: род (ru) (rod) m. Swedish: släkte (sv) Turkish: cins (tr)

taxon at this rank

Catalan: gènere (ca) m. Danish: slægt (da) c., genus (da) n. Dutch: geslacht (nl) n. Esperanto: genro (eo) Finnish: suku (fi) French: genre (fr) m. Galician: xénero (gl) m.

German: Gattung (de) f. Greek: γένος (el) (génos) n. Hungarian: nemzetség (hu) Italian: genere (it) m. Latvian: ģints (lv) m. Persian: سرده (fa) (sarde) Portuguese: gênero (pt) m.

group with common attributes

Dutch: soort (nl) f.

Greek: γένος (el) (génos) n., είδος (el) (eídos) n.

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: род (bg) (rod) m. Interlingua: genere (ia) Lithuanian: gentis (lt) f. Spanish: género (es) m.

External links

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

Anagrams

• negus, Negus

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Danish

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Etymology

Borrowed rom Latin genus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡeːnus/, [ˈɡ̊eːnus]

Noun

genus n. (plural indefinite genus or genera)

1. (biology, taxonomy) genus
2. (grammar) gender

Synonyms

• (taxonomic genus): slægt
• (grammatical genus): køn

External links

• Genus on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genus.

Noun

genus n. (plural genera)

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

Synonyms

• geslacht (2)

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Latin

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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”).

Noun

genus (genitive generis); n, third declension

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

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• sui generis

Related terms

• generalis
• generare

Descendants

English: genus, generic, genre, generate French: genre Italian: genere

Portuguese: gênero Romanian: gen Spanish: género

Etymology 2

Inflection of genū.

Noun

genūs

1. genitive singular of genū

Etymology 3

Inflection of genus

Noun

genus

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

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Swedish

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Noun

genus n.

1. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
2. (social) gender, sex (social issues of being man or woman)

Declension

Declension of genus

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	genus	genuset	genus	genusen
genitive	genus	genusets	genus	genusens

Usage notes

• Biological gender is called kön. The Latin word genus is used for grammar and more recently for gender studies.