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genu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genu (knee).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d???n.ju?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d??i?nu/, /?d???n.(j)u/
  • Rhymes: -?nju?

Noun

genu (plural genua)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) The knee.
    Hyponyms: genu valgum, genu varum
    1. A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals.

Derived terms

  • genual
  • genu-

Related terms

  • geniculate

References

  • “genu”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “genu”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

  • Egun

Latin

Alternative forms

  • genum, genus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genu, from Proto-Indo-European *?ónu. Cognates with Ancient Greek ???? (gónu, knee; plant node), German knie, English knee.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /??e.nu?/, [???nu?] or IPA(key): /??e.nu/, [???n?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?d??e.nu/, [?d????nu]
  • Note: the nominative/accusative ending vowel of 4th declension neuters is etymologically expected to be short, and is stated to be so by late grammarians. A long vowel would also be expected to be subject to iambic shortening in most forms. There are only two passages that conclusively require a long scansion.

Noun

gen? n (genitive gen?s); fourth declension

  1. (literally, anatomy) a knee, kneejoint, kneepan
    1. an act of kneeling or beseeching
    2. an elbow
  2. (transferred sense, botany) a knot, joint
    Synonym: geniculum

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

A rare genitive singular form genoris is attested epigraphically.

Derived terms

  • geniculum
  • geniculus
  • genuflecto

References

  • genu in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

  • genu in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • genu in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • genu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

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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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