congener
English edit
Etymology edit
From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/, /kənˈd͡ʒiːnə(ɹ)/
Noun edit
congener (plural congeners)
- A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
- Hyponym: conspecific
- A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
- 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience […] [1], London: Longmans, Green & Co.:
- Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.
- (chemistry) Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
- Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
a plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another
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a person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another
any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character
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References edit
- “congener”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ɡe.ner/, [ˈkɔŋɡɛnɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.d͡ʒe.ner/, [ˈkɔn̠ʲd͡ʒener]
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
congener (genitive congeneris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of the same race
Declension edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
congener m (genitive congenerī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | congener | congenerī |
Genitive | congenerī | congenerōrum |
Dative | congenerō | congenerīs |
Accusative | congenerum | congenerōs |
Ablative | congenerō | congenerīs |
Vocative | congener | congenerī |
Further reading edit
- “congener”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- congener in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French congénère, from Latin congener.
Adjective edit
congener m or n (feminine singular congeneră, masculine plural congeneri, feminine and neuter plural congenere)
Declension edit
Declension of congener
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | congener | congeneră | congeneri | congenere | ||
definite | congenerul | congenera | congenerii | congenerele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | congener | congenere | congeneri | congenere | ||
definite | congenerului | congenerei | congenerilor | congenerelor |