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genus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genus (birth, origin, a race, sort, kind) from the root gen- in Latin gignere, Old Latin gegnere (to beget, produce). Doublet of gender, genre, and kin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: j?n’-?s, j?n’-?s, IPA(key): /?d?i?n?s/, /?d??n?s/
  • (US) enPR: j?n’-?s, IPA(key): /?d?i?n?s/
  • Rhymes: -i?n?s

Noun

genus (plural genera or (both nonstandard) genuses or genusses)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
    1. A taxon at this rank.
    All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.
    Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.
    There are only two genera and species of seadragons.
  2. A group with common attributes.
  3. (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
  4. (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

Usage notes

  • (biology, taxonomy, rank in the classification of organisms): See generic name, binomial nomenclature.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:class

Hyponyms

  • (topology, graph theory): Euler genus

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • (semantics): differentia
  • (biological taxa):
  • domain
  • kingdom
  • phylum/division
  • class
  • order
  • family
  • supergenus
  • genus
    • subgenus, section, series
  • species

Further reading

  • genus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • genus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Negus, negus

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?e?nus/, [???e?nus]

Noun

genus n (plural indefinite genus or genera)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) genus
    Synonym: slægt
  2. (grammar) gender
    Synonym: køn

Further reading

  • genus on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?.n?s/
  • Hyphenation: ge?nus

Noun

genus n (plural genera)

  1. (botany) a rank in a taxonomic classification, in between family and species.
    Synonym: geslacht
  2. (botany) a taxon at this rank
    Synonym: geslacht
  3. (linguistics) gender
    Synonym: geslacht

Derived terms

  • subgenus
  • supergenus

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??enus/, [??e?nus?]
  • Rhymes: -enus
  • Syllabification: ge?nus

Noun

genus

  1. (botany) Synonym of suku (genus)
  2. (topology) genus
    Synonym: suku

Declension


Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *genos, from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?os (race), from Proto-Indo-European *?enh?- (to produce, beget); compare also g?ns, from the same root. Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (génos, race, stock, kin, kind), Sanskrit ???? (jánas, race, class of beings), Proto-Celtic *genos (birth; family), and English kin.

Noun

genus n (genitive generis); third declension

  1. birth, origin, lineage, descent
  2. kind, type, class
  3. species (of animal or plant), race (of people)
  4. set, group (with common attributes)
  5. (grammar) gender
    • 6th century, Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (attributed): Commentarium de oratione et de octo partibus orationis. In: „Patrologiae cursus completus sive Bibliotheca universalis, integra, uniformis, commoda, oeconomica, omnium ss. patrum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiasticorum qui ab aevo apostolico ad innocentii III tempora floruerunt; [] . Series prima, in qua prodeunt patres, doctores scriptoresque ecclesiae latinae a tertulliano ad gregorium magnum. Accurante J.-P. Migne, cursuum completorum in singulos scientiae ecclesiaticae ramos editore. Patrologiae tomus LXX. Cassiodori tomus posterior. – Magni Aurelii Cassiodori senatoris, viri patricii, consularis, et vivariensis abbatis opera omnia in duos tomos distributa, ad fidem manuscriptiorum codicum emendata et aucta, notis, observationibus et indicibus locupletata, praecedente auctoris vita, quae nunc primum in lucem prodit cum dissertatione de ejus monarchatu. Opera et studio J. Garetii monarchi ordinis sancti Benedicti e congregatione sancti mauri. Nobis autem curantibus accesserunt complexiones in epistolas b. Pauli quas edidit et annotavit scipio Maffeius. Tomus posterior. – Parisiis, venit apud editorem, in via dicta d'amboise, près la barriere d'enfer, ou petit-montrouge. 1847“, p. 1225
      Genera nominum sunt sex: masculinum, ut hic Cato; femininum, ut haec musa; neutrum, ut hoc monile; commune duorum generum, ut hic et haec sacerdos: trium generum, ut hic, et haec, et hoc felix; epicoenon, quod Latine promiscuum dicitur, ut passer, aquila.
      Nouns have six genders: masculine, e.g. hic Cato 'this man Cato'; feminine, e.g. haec musa 'this muse'; neuter, e.g. hoc monile 'this necklace'; common to two genders, e.g. hic et haec sacerdos 'this priest or priestess'; of three genders, e.g. hic, et haec, et hoc felix 'this lucky man, woman or thing'; epicene, called promiscous in Latin, e.g. passer 'sparrow', aquila 'eagle'.
    • 16th century, Andreas Semperius (a.k.a. Andreas Sampere, Andreu Sempere): Andreae Semperii Valentini Alcodiani, doctoris medici, prima grammaticae latinae institutio tribus libris explicata, Majorca/Mallorca, 1819, p.19
      Genera nominum, septem sunt. Masculinum, cui praeponitur hic: ut hic Dominus. Foemineum, cui praeponitur haec: ut haec musa. Neutrum, cui praeponuntur hoc: ut hoc templum. Commune, cui praeponuntur hic, & haec: ut hic, & haec Sacerdos. Omne, cui praeponuntur hic, haec, hoc, vel per tres varias voces inflectitur: ut hic, haec, hoc felix, bonus, bona, bonum. Dubium, quod modo masculinum, modo faemineum, apud Oratores etiam invenitur: ut hic, vel haec dies. Promiscuum, in quo sexus uterque per alterum apparet: ut hic passer, haec aquila, hic lepus.
      Nouns have seven genders. Masculine, which you can precede with hic: hic dominus 'this Lord'. Feminine, which you can precede with haec, e.g. haec musa 'this muse'. Neuter, which you can precede with hoc, e.g. hoc templum 'this temple'. Common, which you can precede with hic and haec: hic & haec sacerdos 'this male or female priest'. Universal, which you can precede with all three of hic, haec, hoc, or which vary in three forms, e.g. hic, haec, hoc felix 'this lucky man, woman, thing', hic bonus, haec bona, hoc bonum 'this good man, good woman, good thing'. Doubtful, which in the orators can be found to be sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine, e.g. hic, vel haec dies 'this day'. Promiscuous, in which a gender appears instead of another, e.g. hic passer 'this sparrow' (always masculine), haec aquila 'this eagle' (always feminine), hic lepus 'this rabbit' (always masculine).
  6. (grammar) subtype of word
Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Hyponyms
  • (grammar, genera nominum): [genus] f?min?num, [genus] mascul?num, [genus] neutrum, genus comm?ne, genus omne
  • (grammar, genera verborum): [genus] ?ct?vum, [genus] pass?vum, [genus] neutrum, [genus] comm?ne, [genus] d?p?n?ns, [genus] medium
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

gen?s

  1. genitive singular of gen?

References

  • genus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • genus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • genus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin genus.

Noun

genus m or n (definite singular genusen or genuset, indefinite plural genera or genus, definite plural genera or generaa or genusa or genusane)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) genus
  2. (grammar) gender
  3. (grammar) voice

References

  • “genus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

genus n

  1. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
  2. (social) gender, sex (social issues of being man or woman)

Usage notes

  • Biological gender is called kön. The Latin word genus is used for grammar and more recently for gender studies.

Declension

Synonyms

  • (grammar): kön

Related terms

References

  • genus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • sugen, unges

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description

English

Etymology

From Old French description, from Latin d?scr?pti?, noun of action of d?scr?b? (I describe).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??p??n/

Noun

description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)

  1. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
  2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
  3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
    The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
  4. (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
    The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
  5. (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
  6. (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.

Synonyms

  • (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety

Derived terms

Related terms

  • describe
  • descriptive

Translations

See also

  • prescription
  • descriptivism

Further reading

  • description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

See also

  • synopsis
  • interpretation

Anagrams

  • discerption, predictions

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?scripti?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s.k?ip.sj??/
  • Homophone: descriptions

Noun

description f (plural descriptions)

  1. description

Related terms

  • décrire
  • descriptif

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Latin d?scripti?.

Noun

description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)

  1. description

Related terms

  • descrivre

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