different between genus vs model
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)
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- 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.
- A group with common attributes.
- (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
- (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)
- (biology, taxonomy) genus
- Synonym: slægt
- (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)
- (botany) a rank in a taxonomic classification, in between family and species.
- Synonym: geslacht
- (botany) a taxon at this rank
- Synonym: geslacht
- (linguistics) gender
- Synonym: geslacht
Derived terms
- subgenus
- supergenus
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??enus/, [??e?nus?]
- Rhymes: -enus
- Syllabification: ge?nus
Noun
genus
- (botany) Synonym of suku (“genus”)
- (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
- birth, origin, lineage, descent
- kind, type, class
- species (of animal or plant), race (of people)
- set, group (with common attributes)
- (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'.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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
- (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
- 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)
- (biology, taxonomy) genus
- (grammar) gender
- (grammar) voice
References
- “genus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
genus n
- (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
- (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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model
English
Alternative forms
- modell
Etymology
From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/, [?m?.??]
- Homophone: mottle
- Hyphenation: mod?el
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Noun
model (plural models)
- A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
- You have here the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
- A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
- A style, type, or design.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:model
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: model
Adjective
model (not comparable)
- Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
- 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
- [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
- 1932, Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35:
- Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
- 1934, Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page 143:
- [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
- 1956, Stephen Rynne, All Ireland, page 54:
- True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).
- 1961, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 289, page 525:
- At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
- 1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19:
- But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
- 1999, Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page 113:
- It is as model as you can get.
- 2002, Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page 308:
- While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
- 2010, Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life, page 140:
- All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
- Synonym: ideal
- 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
Translations
Verb
model (third-person singular simple present models, present participle (UK) modelling or (US) modeling, simple past and past participle (UK) modelled or (US) modeled)
- (transitive) to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model
- (transitive) to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model
- (transitive) to make a miniature model of
- (transitive) to create from a substance such as clay
- (intransitive) to make a model or models
- (intransitive) to be a model of any kind
Synonyms
- modelise, US modelize
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- model in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- model in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- model on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- LModE, molde
Albanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”).
Noun
model m (indefinite plural modele, definite singular modeli, definite plural modelet)
- pattern
- example
- Synonyms: shembull, mostër
Declension
Derived terms
- modeloj
- modelim
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /mo?d?l/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mu?d?l/
Noun
model m (plural models)
- model
model m or f (plural models)
- model (person)
Related terms
- modelar
Further reading
- “model” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “model” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “model” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “model” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of Latin modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”),
Noun
model
- fashion model
- model, poser; someone who poses for a photograph or painting
- framework
- example
Verb
model
- to model
- to become or work as a fashion model
- to pose
Synonyms
- modelo
Etymology 2
From the Cebuano phrase mo-deliver ug lunggon (“someone who delivers coffins”).
Noun
model
- (colloquial, humorous) a funeral home worker; a funeral director or funeral attendant See usage notes.
Usage notes
- Used to poke fun at a good-looking or well-dressed person.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From French modèle (“model”).
Noun
model
- model
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mod?l]
Noun
model f
- genitive plural of modla
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo??d?l/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)
- model (type, design)
- model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)
- model (simplified representation)
- model (miniature)
- model (prototype)
- shape, the proper arrangement of something
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: model
- ? Indonesian: model
- ? West Frisian: model
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus. Doublet of mode, modern, modul, and modus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mod?l]
- Hyphenation: mo?dèl
Noun
model or modèl
- model,
- a style, type, or design.
- a person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- a person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- a representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
- (psychology) role model, a person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others
Affixations
Further reading
- “model” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Etymology
From French modèle, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, from Latin modulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.d?l/
Noun
model m inan (diminutive modelik)
- model (miniature)
- Synonym: makieta
- model (simplified representation)
- model (style)
- Synonyms: fason, typ
- model (structural design)
- Synonyms: paradygmat, szablon, wzorzec, wzór
Declension
Noun
model m pers (feminine modelka)
- model (person who serves as a subject for artwork)
- model (person who serves as a subject for fashion)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verbs) modelowa?, wymodelowa?
- (noun) modelownia
- (adjective) modelowy
Related terms
- (noun) modeling
- (adverb) modelowo
Further reading
- model in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- model in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?del/
- Rhymes: -el
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
model n (plural modele)
- a template
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Modell or French modèle, from Italian modello, from Latin modellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?del/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
mòdel m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- model (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
References
- “model” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French modèle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?del/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
model (definite accusative modeli, plural modeller)
- model (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
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