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commencement
English
Etymology
From French commencement; analyzable as commence +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m?nsm?nt/
- Hyphenation: com?mence?ment
Noun
commencement (countable and uncountable, plural commencements)
- The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing
- The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.
- Synonyms: rise, origin, beginning, start, dawn
- The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
- A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.
Coordinate terms
- (graduation ceremony): convocation
Related terms
- commence
Translations
References
- commencement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.m??s.m??/
Noun
commencement m (plural commencements)
- beginning, start
Further reading
- “commencement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer +? -ment
Noun
commencement m (plural commencemens)
- beginning, start
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genesis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth, production”), from *?enh?-. Related to Ancient Greek ???????? (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???n.?.s?s/
Noun
genesis (plural geneses)
- The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
- Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.
Translations
Further reading
- genesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- genesis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Giesens, seeings, signees
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth, production”), from *?enh?-.
Noun
genesis f (genitive genesis or genese?s or genesios); third declension
- generation, creation, nativity
- birth
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- Catalan: gènesi
- English: genesis
- Spanish: génesis
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (génesis, “origin, creation, beginning”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth, production”), from *?enh?-.
Noun
genesis m (definite singular genesisen, indefinite plural genesisar, definite plural genesisane)
- creation, genesis, origin
References
- “genesis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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