gener

See also: gêner

Contents

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒəˈne/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈneɾ/
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *jen(u)arius, from Latin iānuārius. Compare Occitan gener, French janvier, Spanish enero.

NounEdit

gener m (plural geners)

1. January

See alsoEdit

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendari gregorià; gener, febrer, març, abril, maig, juny, juliol, agost, setembre, octubre, novembre, desembre ^{(Category: ca:Months)}

Further readingEdit

• “gener” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

gener

1. plural indefinite of gen

gener

1. plural indefinite of gene

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

• May be for *gemer, after genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Confer with Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos), γαμβρός (gambrós);
• Or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Confer with genus.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ner/, [ˈɡɛ.nɛr]

NounEdit

gener m (genitive generī); second declension

1. son-in-law.
2. vocative singular of gener

InflectionEdit

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gener	generī
genitive	generī	generōrum
dative	generō	generīs
accusative	generum	generōs
ablative	generō	generīs
vocative	gener1	generī

¹May also be genere.

DescendantsEdit

• Aromanian: dziniri, dzinire
• Asturian: xenru
• Catalan: gendre
• Franco-Provençal: gendro
• French: gendre
• Friulian: zinar, ginar
• Galician: xenro
• Italian: genero

• Occitan: gendre
• Portuguese: genro
• Romanian: ginere
• Sardinian: géneru, génniru
• Sicilian: jenniru, ienniru
• Spanish: yerno
• Venetian: zendro, zènero, xènero

ReferencesEdit

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• gen (neuter)

NounEdit

gener n, m

1. indefinite neuter and masculine plural of gen

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Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /jeˈner/

NounEdit

ġener n (nominative plural ġeneru)

1. A refuge; protection; asylum; sanctuary

InflectionEdit

Declension of gener

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

Alternative formsEdit

• ġenear

Related termsEdit

• ealdorneru
• ġenerian
• nerian

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

gener

1. indefinite plural of gen