gener

See also: gêner

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius. Compare Occitan genièr, French janvier, Spanish enero.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒəˈne/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈneɾ/

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• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

Noun

gener m (plural geners)

1. January

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendari gregorià; gener, febrer, març, abril, maig, juny, juliol, agost, setembre, octubre, novembre, desembre ^{(Category: ca:Months)}

Further reading

• “gener” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gener” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjeːnər/, [ˈɕeːnɐ]

Noun

gener c

1. indefinite plural of gene

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːˀnər/, [ˈɡ̊eˀnɐ]

Noun

gener n

1. indefinite plural of gen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjeneːˀr/, [ɕeˈseɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

gener (genér)

1. imperative of genere

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. The current form can be derived from a byform *gemros, assimilating the nasal to make *genros, from which derives a second-declension r-stem.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ner/, [ˈɡɛnɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ner/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːner]

Noun

gener m (genitive generī); second declension

1. son-in-law

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gener	generī
Genitive	generī	generōrum
Dative	generō	generīs
Accusative	generum	generōs
Ablative	generō	generīs
Vocative	gener	generī

See also

• nurus

Descendants

• Aromanian: dziniri, dzinire
• Asturian: xenru
• Catalan: gendre
• Franco-Provençal: gendro
• Old French: gendre
  • Middle French: gendre
    • French: gendre
• Friulian: zinar, ginar
• Old Portuguese: genrro
  • Galician: xenro
  • Portuguese: genro
• Italian: genero

• Occitan: gendre
• Romanian: ginere
• Sardinian: ghèneru, génniru
• Sicilian: jènniru
• Old Spanish: yerno
  • Spanish: yerno
• Venetian: zendro, zènero, xènero

References

• “gener”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “gener”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gener in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Maia

Noun

gener

1. night

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gen (neuter)

Noun

gener n or m

1. indefinite neuter/masculine plural of gen

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ġenear

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ ner. Cognate with Middle Low German genēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈner/

Noun

ġener n (nominative plural ġeneru)

1. a refuge; protection; asylum; sanctuary

Declension

Declension of gener (strong-a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġener	ġeneru
accusative	ġener	ġeneru
genitive	ġeneres	ġenera
dative	ġenere	ġenerum

Related terms

• ealdorneru
• ġenerian
• nerian

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Swedish

Noun

gener

1. indefinite plural of gen.

Anagrams

• genre, green, neger