gener

See also: gêner

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒəˈne/
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

Etymology

From Old Provençal [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *jen(u)arius, from Latin iānuārius. Compare Occitan gener, French janvier, Spanish enero.

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)}

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Danish

Noun

gener

1. plural indefinite of gen

gener

1. plural indefinite of gene

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Latin

Etymology

• May be for *gemer, after genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- ‎(“to marry”). Confer with Ancient Greek γάμος ‎(gámos), γαμβρός ‎(gambrós);
• Or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Confer with genus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ner/

Noun

gener m ‎(genitive generī); second declension

1. son-in-law.
2. vocative singular of gener

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gener	generī
genitive	generī	generōrum
dative	generō	generīs
accusative	generum	generōs
ablative	generō	generīs
vocative	gener1	generī

¹May also be genere.

Descendants

• Aromanian: dziniri, dzinire
• Asturian: xenru
• Catalan: gendre
• French: gendre
• Friulian: zinar, ginar
• Galician: xenro
• Italian: genero

• Occitan: gendre
• Portuguese: genro
• Romanian: ginere
• Sardinian: géneru, génniru
• Sicilian: jenniru, ienniru
• Spanish: yerno
• Venetian: zendro, zènero, xènero

References

• gener in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gener in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gener in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gen (neuter)

Noun

gener n, m

1. indefinite neuter and masculine plural of gen

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Swedish

Noun

gener

1. indefinite plural of gen