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Gen

Gen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Proper noun

Gen

  1. A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

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Etymology 2

Noun

Gen ‎(plural Gens)

  1. a member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

Gen n ‎(genitive Gens, plural Gene)

  1. gene

Declension

Related terms

gen

gen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Abbreviation

gen

  1. gender
  2. general, generally
  3. generation
  4. genitive
  5. genus

Noun

gen ‎(uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Britain, informal) information
  2. (fandom slang) Fanfiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
Synonyms

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Anagrams

Etymology 2

Noun

gen ‎(plural gens)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gen

Etymology 3

Shortened from generate

Verb

gen ‎(third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)

  1. To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
    • 1991, Bruce H. Hunter & ‎Karen Bradford Hunter, UNIX Systems: Advanced Administration and Management Handbook:
      Defining the devices so that they will be genned during the sysgen and installation is the other half.
    • 1993, Debra R. Niedermiller-Chaffins & ‎Drew Heywood, Inside Novell NetWare, ISBN 1562052578, page 100:
      The older, genned files are difficult to keep up-to-date and are unsupported for some newer NICs.
    • 2010, Donald K. Burleson, Oracle Tuning: The Definitive Reference, ISBN 0979795192, page 1109:
      As the capacities of the large servers are exceeded, a new server is genned into the RAC cluster.
    • 2012, Robert Charles Wilson, Bios, ISBN 0575117478:
      The Turing factories on Isis's small moon had fallen short of productivity goals, though another two factory units had been genned.

Etymology 4

Shortened from genetic engineering

Verb

gen ‎(third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)

  1. (science fiction) To genetically engineer.
    • 2008, Bart Dahmer, Primal Screams, ISBN 0981540309, page 36:
      Samples could be taken from the original, and plans could be made, but genning could not be initiated until death had occurred.
    • 2011, Karen Sandler, Tankborn, ISBN 1600606628, page 28:
      Her nurturer ears, genned to be hyper-sensitive, had to be hurting from the noise.

Catalan

Noun

gen m ‎(plural gens)

  1. gene

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /gɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

gen m

  1. gene

Related terms

Danish

Noun

gen n (singular definite genet, plural indefinite gener)

  1. (genetics) gene

Declension

Verb

gen

  1. imperative of genne

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

gen n ‎(plural genen)

  1. gene

Anagrams

German

Preposition

gen

  1. (dated, literary, poetic) to; towards; in the direction of (a place)

Haitian Creole

Verb

gen

  1. Contraction of genyen.

Japanese

Noun

gen

  1. rōmaji reading of げん
  2. rōmaji reading of ゲン

Lojban

Rafsi

gen

  1. rafsi of gerna.

Mandarin

Romanization

gen

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gén.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gěn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of gèn.

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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gen n ‎(definite singular genet, indefinite plural gen or gener, definite plural gena or genene)

gen m ‎(definite singular genen, indefinite plural gener, definite plural genene)

  1. (biology) a gene

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gen m, n ‎(definite singular genen or genet, indefinite plural genar or gen, definite plural genane or gena)

  1. (biology) a gene

Inflection

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Adverb

ġēn

  1. still, yet
  2. again, further

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʲen/

Etymology 1

Noun

gen n, f

  1. smile, laugh
  2. sport, levity
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

gen m

  1. fondness, liking, favour
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Noun

gen f

  1. woman, girl
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Etymology 4

Noun

gen f

  1. sword
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gen gen
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Provençal

Adjective

gen m ‎(feminine singular genta, masculine plural gens, feminine plural gentas)

  1. attractive; pleasing; nice; fair; pleasant
    • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour(Wikisource)
      Lo gens tems de pascor
      The pleasant time of Easter

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛn̪/

Noun

gen m inan

  1. gene

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin genus.

Noun

gen n ‎(plural genuri)

  1. gender
  2. type, sort, kind
  3. way, style, manner
  4. (biological category) genus, species, family

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

gen m ‎(plural genes)

  1. gene

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeːn/

Noun

gen c

  1. gene

Declension

Inflection of gen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gen genen gener generna
Genitive gens genens geners genernas

Related terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English again

Adverb

gen

  1. again
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:21 (translation here):
      Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.
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Turkish

Adjective

gen ‎(comparative daha gen, superlative en gen)

  1. (obsolete) wide

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Antonyms

Etymology 1

Noun

gen ‎(definite accusative geni, plural genler)

  1. (colloquial) A field that wasn't plowed for several years.

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French gene.

Noun

gen ‎(definite accusative geni, plural genler)

  1. (biology) gene
Declension

Vurës

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛn/

Verb

gen

  1. to eat

Welsh

Pronoun

gen

  1. first-person singular of gan
  2. second-person singular of gan

Etymology

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