English

Noun

genitor ‎(plural genitors)

1. a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
2. a generator; an originator

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3. (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals

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Anagrams

• toe ring, trigone

Ladin

Noun

genitor m ‎(plural genitores)

1. parent

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr ‎(“parent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ni.tor/, [ˈɡɛ.nɪ.tɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ni.tor/, [ˈd͡ʒeː.ni.tor]

Noun

genitor m ‎(genitive genitōris); third declension

1. parent, father, sire

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• genetrīx

Descendants

References

• genitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• genitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• GENITOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “genitor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

genitor m (plural genitores, feminine genitora, feminine plural genitoras)

1. genitor (biological parent)