genitor

See also: genitôr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genitor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr; the Latin is also equivalent to gignō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnɪtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (RP)

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Noun

genitor (plural genitors)

1. a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
2. a generator; an originator

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3. (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals

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Synonyms

• biofather
• biomother
• bioparent
• birthfather
• birthmother
• birthparent

Coordinate terms

• genetrix / genitrix (“female genitor”)

Related terms

• progenitor
• progenitrix

Anagrams

• Negrito, ergotin, negrito, toe ring, toering, trigone

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Ladin

Noun

genitor m (plural genitores)

1. parent

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”). Equivalent to gignō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ni.tor/, [ˈɡɛ.nɪ.t̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ni.tor/, [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.t̪ɔr]

Noun

genitor m (genitive genitōris, feminine genetrīx or genitrīx); third declension

1. parent, father, sire

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	genitor	genitōrēs
Genitive	genitōris	genitōrum
Dative	genitōrī	genitōribus
Accusative	genitōrem	genitōrēs
Ablative	genitōre	genitōribus
Vocative	genitor	genitōrēs

Synonyms

• pater

Derived terms

• genetrīx / genitrīx

Descendants

• English: genitor
• French: géniteur
• Friulian: genitôr
• Ido: genitoro
• Italian: genitore

• Ladino: jenitor (יניטור‎זﬞ)
• Portuguese: genitor
• Romansch: genitur
• Sicilian: genituri, ginituri
• Spanish: genitor

References

• genitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• genitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• genitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• genitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genitor.

Noun

genitor m (plural genitores, feminine genitora, feminine plural genitoras)

1. genitor (biological parent)