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gena

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gena (cheek). Doublet of chin.

Noun

gena (plural genae)

  1. (zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
  2. (entomology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
  3. (entomology) The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analagous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.

Anagrams

  • Ange, Egan, Gean, agen, gean, nega-

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genus (jaw, cheek, mouth), from Proto-Indo-European *?énus (cheek, jaw, chin). Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish gin, giun, Latin gena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ena?/

Noun

gen? f

  1. cheek

Declension


Icelandic

Noun

gena

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gen

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gena (cheek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d???.na/
  • Rhymes: -?na
  • Hyphenation: gè?na

Noun

gena f (plural gene) (obsolete, literary)

  1. cheek
    Synonym: guancia

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *?énu-, *?énus (chin, jaw, cheek).

Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (génus), Sanskrit ??? (hánu), Persian ????? (?âne), Tocharian A ?anwem, Old Armenian ????? (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ?inn (English chin).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /??e.na/, [???nä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?d??e.na/, [?d????n?]

Noun

gena f (genitive genae); first declension

  1. cheek
  2. eye socket
  3. (rare) eye or eyelid

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (cheek): bucca

Descendants

  • Aromanian: dzeanã, dziane
  • Italian: gena
  • Romanian: gean?

References

  • gena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • genene (neuter and masculine)

Noun

gena n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of gen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • genane

Noun

gena n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of gen

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíng?da.

Verb

-géna

  1. to enter, to go into [+locative]

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.


Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?d??ena]

Noun

gena f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gen?

Swedish

Etymology

From the adjective gen (straight, through), from Old Swedish gen, from Old Norse gegn, from Proto-Germanic *gagin (against).

Verb

gena (present genar, preterite genade, supine genat, imperative gena)

  1. to take a short cut

Conjugation

Related terms

  • gen
  • genväg

Anagrams

  • Agne, agen, ange, egna

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gent

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??nt/
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Short for gentleman.

Noun

gent (plural gents)

  1. (colloquial) A gentleman.
Related terms
  • genteel
  • gentile
  • gentle

Etymology 2

From Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (born).

Adjective

gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)

  1. (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
    • A knyght [who] was fair and gent.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:
      He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
  2. (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
    • Her body gent and small.

Etymology 3

Noun

gent (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Short for gentamicin.

Anagrams

  • Teng

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gentem, accusative of g?ns, from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /??ent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /??en/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /?d??ent/
  • Rhymes: -ent

Noun

gent f (uncountable)

  1. people, folk

Derived terms

  • gentada
  • gentalla
  • genteta

Further reading

  • “gent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “gent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “gent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “gent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French gent, from Latin gens, gentem. Cf. gens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???/

Noun

gent f (plural gents or gens)

  1. (obsolete) people, nation
  2. (obsolete) tribe
  3. company, those who are in accompaniment

Adjective

gent (feminine singular gente, masculine plural gents, feminine plural gentes)

  1. (obsolete or humorous) nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing

Further reading

  • “gent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From earlier Ganda; if from Celtic, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kom-dati (confluence), from Proto-Indo-European *kom-d?h?-ti- (confluence), equivalent to *?óm + *d?eh?- (similar to the town Condivincum); or related to the Celtic goddess Gontia. The name could otherwise be of non-Indo-European origin.

Noun

gent ?

  1. Ghent (a city in modern Belgium)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: Gent

References

Further reading

  • “ghent”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Old French

Pronunciation

  • (early) IPA(key): /?d?ent/
  • (by 13th century) IPA(key): /?d?ant/
  • (Late Old French) IPA(key): /??ant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Etymology 1

From Latin gentem, accusative singular of g?ns. The nominative singular descends from a regularized form: oblique stem gent- and 3rd declension nominative -is.

Noun

gent f (oblique plural genz or gentz, nominative singular gent, nominative plural genz or gentz)

  1. people, population
    la Franceise gent - the French people
Descendants
  • French: gens
  • Norman: gens
  • Walloon: djin

Etymology 2

From Latin genitus (begotten), perfect passive participle of gign?.

Adjective

gent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gente)

  1. fair, beautiful, handsome
  2. brave and beautiful
  3. polite
    Synonym: gentil
Usage notes

The Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français points out the difficulty of translating this word into modern languages. The adjective describes an ideal person in a given context: brave warriors in chansons de geste, loyal good men in tales of courtly love, polite people in all occasions, who are always handsome or beautiful. It also notes the meaning 'well-born, aristocratic', mentioned in some dictionaries of Old French, is extremely rarely attested.

Declension
Related terms
  • gençor (comparative), also spelled gensor

Swedish

Adjective

gent

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of gen.

Yola

Noun

gent

  1. Alternative form of geint

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