different between genoa vs gena

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?enou?/, /?d?eni/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?en???/, /?d?eni/

Noun

genoa (plural genoas)

1. (nautical) A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
2. Genoa cake

Translations

Anagrams

• Ganoe, Genao, Onega, agone

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen, indefinite plural genoaer, definite plural genoaene)

1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)

Usage notes

Seemingly also spelt genua, as in Danish.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen) (uncertain of plural forms, possibly same as Bokmål)

1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)

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