gener

See also: gêner

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius. Compare Occitan genièr, French janvier, Spanish enero.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒəˈne/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈneɾ/

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• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

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)}

Further reading

• “gener” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gener” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjeːnər/, [ˈɕeːnɐ]

Noun

gener c

1. indefinite plural of gene

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːˀnər/, [ˈɡ̊eˀnɐ]

Noun

gener n

1. indefinite plural of gen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjeneːˀr/, [ɕeˈseɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

gener (genér)

1. imperative of genere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. The current form can be derived from a byform *gemros, assimilating the nasal to make *genros, from which derives a second-declension r-stem.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ner/, [ˈɡɛnɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ner/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːner]

Noun

gener m (genitive generī); second declension

1. son-in-law
   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.221-222:

     hanc ego cum vellem generō dare, tempora taedīs
     aptā requīrēbam, quaeque cavenda forent.

     When I was wanting to give her to a son-in-law, I was looking for the times suited for marriage torches, and whichever [times] must be avoided.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gener	generī
Genitive	generī	generōrum
Dative	generō	generīs
Accusative	generum	generōs
Ablative	generō	generīs
Vocative	gener	generī

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: dziniri, dzinire
  • Romanian: ginere
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: genero
  • Neapolitan: jennero
  • Sicilian: jènniru
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: zinar, ginar
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: zèner, zènar, zèndar
    • Ligurian: zénou, zénne, zénio, zèndre
    • Lombard: zèner, gèner, zènder, xéner, gèner, gèndro
    • Piedmontese: gënner, gëner, gène, zène, zèni, zëndri, zëner
    • Romagnol: zènar, zènnar, zènre
  • Venetian: zendro, zènero, xènero
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Bourguignon: genre
    • Bourguignon: genre, zinre, zindre, zenre, zainre
  • Old Champenois: genre, dinre
    • Champenois: genre
  • Franco-Provençal: gendro
  • Old French: gendre
    • Middle French: gendre
      • French: gendre
  • Old Lorrain: genre
    • Lorrain: genre, dgenre, jar
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: gendre, genre
  • Occitan: gendre
  • Old Gascon: gier
    • Adiwasi Garasia: gèr, hiér, iendre
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: xenru
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: genrro
    • Fala: ixhenru, xenru, xhenru
    • Galician: xenro
    • Portuguese: genro
  • Old Spanish: yerno
    • Spanish: yerno
• Sardinian:
  • ghèneru, génniru

See also

• nurus

References

• “gener”, in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Maia

Noun

gener

1. night

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gen (neuter)

Noun

gener n or m

1. indefinite neuter/masculine plural of gen

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġenear

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ ner. Cognate with Middle Low German genēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈner/

Noun

ġener n (nominative plural ġeneru)

1. a refuge; protection; asylum; sanctuary

Declension

Declension of gener (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġener	ġeneru
accusative	ġener	ġeneru
genitive	ġeneres	ġenera
dative	ġenere	ġenerum

Related terms

• ealdorneru
• ġenerian
• nerian

Swedish

Noun

gener

1. indefinite plural of gen

Anagrams

• genre, green, neger