γένος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *génos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (race). Cognates include Latin genus, Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), Old Armenian ծին (cin) and English kin. Also see γίγνομαι (gígnomai, I am born).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γένος (génos) n (genitive γένεος or γένους); third declension

  1. offspring, descendant
  2. family, clan
  3. nation, race
  4. gender
    1. (grammar) grammatical gender
    2. sex
  5. any type or class

Inflection

also

Descendants

References


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος. Also see γίγνομαι (gígnomai, I am born).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝe̞no̞s/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: γέ‧νος

Noun

γένος (génos) n (plural γένη)

  1. family
  2. nation
  3. (taxonomy, biology) genus
  4. (grammar) gender (masculine, feminine, etc)
  5. maiden name, née
    Η Ελένη Παπαδοπούλου, το γένος Μενεγάκη.I Eléni Papadopoúlou, to génos Menegáki.Eleni Papadopoulou, née Menegaki.

Declension

Coordinate terms

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Further reading

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