genitor

See also: genitôr

English

Etymology

From Latin genitor, from genitus, past participle of the verb gignō + agent noun suffix -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnɪtə(ɹ)/

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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Noun

genitor m (plural genitores)

1. parent

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

genitor m (genitive genitōris); third declension

1. parent, father, sire

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	genitor	genitōrēs
genitive	genitōris	genitōrum
dative	genitōrī	genitōribus
accusative	genitōrem	genitōrēs
ablative	genitōre	genitōribus
vocative	genitor	genitōrēs

Derived terms

• genetrīx / genitrīx

Descendants

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

• Portuguese: genitor
• Romansh: genitur
• Sicilian: 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

From Latin genitor.

Noun

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

1. genitor (biological parent)