English

Proper noun

Gena

1. A female given name, a rare variant of Gina.

Anagrams

• Ange, gean

English

Noun

gena

1. (zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
2. (zoology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

Gaulish

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus. Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish gin, giun, Latin gena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡenaː/

Noun

genā f

1. (anatomy) cheek

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus ‎(“chin, jaw, cheek”). Cognates include Ancient Greek γένυς ‎(génus), Sanskrit हनु ‎(hánu), Persian چانه ‎(čâne), Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ ‎(cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.na/

Noun

gena f ‎(genitive genae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (cheek): bucca

Descendants

• Aromanian: dzeanã
• Romanian: geană

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gena”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• genene (neuter and masculine)

Noun

gena n, m

1. definite neuter plural of gen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• genane

Noun

gena n, m

1. definite neuter plural of gen

Swedish

Verb

gena

1. to take a short cut

Conjugation

Related terms

• genväg