Translingual

Symbol

Ge

1. (chemistry) Symbol for germanium.

English

Proper noun

Ge

1. Alternative form of Gaea
2. A group of aboriginal languages of Brazil.

See also

• ge

External links

• Ethnologue report on the Ge languages

Anagrams

• eg , e.g.

Catalan

Noun

ge f ‎(plural ges)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣə/

Pronoun

ge

1. Second-person singular, subjective, mute form: thou (dialectal).

Usage notes

See usage notes at gij

Inflection

Anagrams

• eg

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keː/

Noun

ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a/fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i/fyrra i, í/fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø ^{(Category: fo:Latin letter names)}

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ge/, /gɛ/

Noun

ge ‎(plural ge-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

Japanese

Romanization

ge

1. rōmaji reading of げ
2. rōmaji reading of ゲ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡeː/

Noun

gē ‎(indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter G.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ/ī graeca/ypsilon (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• ge in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• ge in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Lojban

Cmavo

ge

1. (conjunction, logical connective) and/both

Usage notes

• This is a coordinating conjunction: ge ... gi ... means both ... and ....
• This is a logical connective corresponding to prefix AND (with gi acting as separator between its two following terms).
• This is a so-called "forethought connective". Its corresponding "afterthought connective" is .ije.

See also

• ga
• ganai
• genai
• gi
• go
• gonai
• gu

Mandarin

Romanization

ge

1. Nonstandard spelling of gē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gé.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gě.
4. Nonstandard spelling of gè.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mapudungun

A human eye

Noun

ge ‎(using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. sight, the ability to see.

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old English

Pronoun

ġē

1. ye: nominative plural form of þū

Descendants

• English: ye

Old French

Alternative forms

• jo
• jeo
• jou
• je

Etymology

From Latin ego.

Pronoun

ge

1. I

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illī.

Pronoun

ge

1. to her, to it, or to him

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

ge

1. (dated) although

Synonyms

• ged

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xe/

Noun

ge f ‎(plural ges)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Pronoun

ge

1. Obsolete form of se (as a dative pronoun).

Swedish

Etymology

From earlier giva, from Old Swedish giva, gæva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ge or giva

1. to give
2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit

Conjugation

Usage notes

• The older strong conjugation (giva, giver) is complete with present and past participles. The weak conjugation (ge, ger) does not provide acceptable forms for the past tense (*gedde) or participles (*geende, *gedd), but is now the preferred and dominating choice for other cases (ge, ger, gett).

Derived terms

Turkish

Noun

ge ‎(definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

Turkmen

Noun

ge ‎(definite accusative geni, plural geler)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.