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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: jĕnʹ(ə)rəl
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹəl/
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• rhymes with (US) -ɛnəɹəl
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• CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 N ER0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: JH EH1 N R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”).

288 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përgjithshëm — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Arabic: عَامّ (ʕāmm) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Armenian: ընդհանուր (əndhanur) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Asturian: xeneral — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Bashkir: дөйөм (döyöm) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Belarusian: агу́льны (ahúlʹny) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Bhojpuri: साधारण (sādhāraṇ) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Breton: hollek — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Bulgarian: общ (obšt) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Bulgarian: всео́бщ (vseóbšt) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Catalan: general — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Chinese Mandarin: 一般 (yībān) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Chinese Mandarin: 普通 (pǔtōng) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Czech: všeobecný — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Czech: obecný — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Danish: generel — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Danish: almindelig — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Dutch: algemeen — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Esperanto: ĝenerala — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Estonian: üldine — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Extremaduran: heneral — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Finnish: yleinen — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• French: général — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• French: communal — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Galician: xeral — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Georgian: ზოგადი (zogadi) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• German: allgemein — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• German: generell — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Greek: γενικός (genikós) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Hebrew: כְּלָלִי (klalí) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Hebrew: כְּלָלִית (klalít) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Hindi: साधारण (sādhāraṇ) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Hungarian: általános — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Ido: generala — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Indonesian: menyeluruh — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Indonesian: umum — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Italian: generale — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Japanese: 一般 (ippan) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Japanese: 全般 (zenpan) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Japanese: 普通 (futsū) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Latin: generālis — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Latvian: vispārējs — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Lithuanian: bendras — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Macedonian: општ (opšt) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Malay: umum — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Malay: am — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Māori: whānui — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Māori: matawhānui — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Māori: tauwhānui — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Marathi: साधारण (sādhāraṇ) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Norwegian: allmenn — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Norwegian: generell — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Old English: ġemǣne — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Polish: ogólny — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Portuguese: geral — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Romanian: general — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Romanian: comun — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Russian: о́бщий (óbščij) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Serbo-Croatian: опћѐнит — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Serbo-Croatian: све̏опћӣ — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Serbo-Croatian: на́челан — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Serbo-Croatian: općènit — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Serbo-Croatian: svȅopćī — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Serbo-Croatian: náčelan — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Slovak: všeobecný — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Slovene: splošen — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Spanish: general — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Swahili: jumla — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Swedish: generell — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Swedish: allmän — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Tagalog: pangkalahatán — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Ukrainian: зага́льний (zahálʹnyj) — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Volapük: valemik — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Zazaki: deg — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Zazaki: degme — involving every part or member, not specific or particular
• Bulgarian: главен (glaven) — of a person: pre-eminent
• Bulgarian: генерален (generalen) — of a person: pre-eminent
• French: général — of a person: pre-eminent
• French: en chef — of a person: pre-eminent
• Georgian: მნიშვნელოვანი (mnišvnelovani) — of a person: pre-eminent
• Georgian: გენერალური (generaluri) — of a person: pre-eminent
• Greek: γενικός (genikós) — of a person: pre-eminent
• Hungarian: fő- — of a person: pre-eminent
• Malay: awam — of a person: pre-eminent
• Portuguese: general — of a person: pre-eminent
• Tagalog: heneral — of a person: pre-eminent
• Ukrainian: генера́льний (henerálʹnyj) — of a person: pre-eminent
• Bulgarian: обикновен (obiknoven) — widespread, common
• Bulgarian: разпространен (razprostranen) — widespread, common
• Chinese Mandarin: 通常 (tōngcháng) — widespread, common
• Chinese Mandarin: 普通 (pǔtōng) — widespread, common
• Chinese Mandarin: 普遍 (pǔbiàn) — widespread, common
• Dutch: algemeen — widespread, common
• Dutch: wijdverspreid — widespread, common
• Esperanto: ĝenerala — widespread, common
• French: général — widespread, common
• French: universal — widespread, common
• Georgian: ზოგადი (zogadi) — widespread, common
• Georgian: გავრცელებული (gavrcelebuli) — widespread, common
• Greek: γενικός (genikós) — widespread, common
• Hebrew: נפוץ (nafóts) — widespread, common
• Hindi: सामान्य (sāmānya) — widespread, common
• Indonesian: umum — widespread, common
• Māori: tukipū — widespread, common
• Māori: arowhānui — widespread, common
• Marathi: साधारण (sādhāraṇ) — widespread, common
• Norwegian: allminnelig — widespread, common
• Norwegian: vanlig — widespread, common
• Portuguese: geral — widespread, common
• Swedish: vanlig — widespread, common
• Swedish: allmän — widespread, common
• Swedish: generell — widespread, common
• Arabic: عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Arabic: عَامّ (ʕāmm) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Bashkir: дөйөм (döyöm) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Belarusian: агу́льны (ahúlʹny) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Belarusian: генера́льны (hjenjerálʹny) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Belarusian: генэра́льны (hjenerálʹny) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Bulgarian: генера́лен (generálen) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Catalan: general — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Chinese Mandarin: 一般 (yībān) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Chinese Mandarin: 普通 (pǔtōng) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Chinese Mandarin: 總 /总 (zǒng) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Chinese Mandarin: 通用 (tōngyòng) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Czech: obecný — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Danish: almen — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Danish: generel — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Dutch: algemeen — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Finnish: yleis- — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• French: général — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Georgian: ზოგადი (zogadi) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Georgian: საერთო (saerto) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Georgian: გენერალური (generaluri) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• German: allgemein — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Greek: γενικός (genikós) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Hebrew: כללי (klalí) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Hindi: सामान्य (sāmānya) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Indonesian: menyeluruh — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Indonesian: umum — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Japanese: 一般的 (ippanteki) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Latin: generālis — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Latvian: vispārīgs — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Macedonian: општ (opšt) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Macedonian: генера́лен (generálen) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Malay: umum — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Malay: am — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Māori: ahuwhānui — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Norwegian: generell — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Portuguese: geral — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Russian: о́бщий (óbščij) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Russian: генера́льный (generálʹnyj) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Russian: всео́бщий (vseóbščij) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Serbo-Croatian: свеобу̀хватан — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏пћӣ — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Serbo-Croatian: sveobùhvatan — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpćī — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Slovak: všeobecný — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Slovene: splošen — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Swahili: majenerali — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Swedish: allmän — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Ukrainian: зага́льний (zahálʹnyj) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Ukrainian: генера́льний (henerálʹnyj) — not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category
• Bulgarian: гла́вен (gláven) — consisting of only the most important aspects; indefinite
• Dutch: algemeen — consisting of only the most important aspects; indefinite
• French: d'ensemble — consisting of only the most important aspects; indefinite
• Greek: γενικός (genikós) — consisting of only the most important aspects; indefinite
• Hebrew: כללי (klalí) — consisting of only the most important aspects; indefinite
• Indonesian: umum — consisting of only the most important aspects; indefinite
• Portuguese: generalizado — consisting of only the most important aspects; indefinite
• Bashkir: дөйөм (döyöm) — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Bulgarian: общ (obšt) — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Burmese: အထွေထွေ (a.htwehtwe) — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• French: général — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Greek: γενικός (genikós) — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Hebrew: כללי (klalí) — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Indonesian: umum — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Russian: о́бщий (óbščij) — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Swedish: allmän — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Swedish: generell — miscellaneous, not limited to a specific class
• Afrikaans: generaal — military rank
• Albanian: gjeneral — military rank
• Arabic: جِنِرال (jinirāl) — military rank
• Arabic: فريق أوّل (farīq ʔawwal) — military rank
• Arabic: لواء (lewa) — military rank
• Armenian: զորավար (zoravar) — military rank
• Armenian: գեներալ — military rank
• Azerbaijani: general — military rank
• Azerbaijani: sərtib — military rank
• South Azerbaijani: سرتیب (sartib) — military rank
• Belarusian: генера́л (hjenjerál) — military rank
• Belarusian: ваенача́льнік (vajenačálʹnik) — military rank
• Belarusian: палкаво́дзец (palkavódzjec) — military rank
• Belarusian: генэра́л (hjenerál) — military rank
• Bulgarian: генера́л (generál) — military rank
• Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး (builhkyupkri:) — military rank
• Catalan: general — military rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 將軍 /将军 (jiāngjūn) — military rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 將帥 /将帅 (jiàngshuài) — military rank
• Czech: generál — military rank
• Danish: general — military rank
• Dutch: generaal — military rank
• Egyptian: m:r-mSa-Z3 (jmj-r-mšꜥ) — military rank
• Esperanto: generalo — military rank
• Estonian: kindral — military rank
• Faroese: generalur — military rank
• Finnish: kenraali — military rank
• French: général — military rank
• French: général d'armée — military rank
• Galician: xeneral — military rank
• Georgian: გენერალი (generali) — military rank
• German: General — military rank
• Greek: στρατηγός (stratigós) — military rank
• Greek: πτέραρχος (ptérarchos) — military rank
• Greek: στρόταγος (strótagos) — military rank
• Ancient Greek: στρατηγός (stratēgós) — military rank
• Hebrew: גֶּנֶרָל — military rank
• Hindi: सेनापति (senāpti) — military rank
• Hindi: सेनाध्यक्ष (senādhyakṣ) — military rank
• Hungarian: generális — military rank
• Hungarian: tábornok — military rank
• Icelandic: hershöfðingi — military rank
• Indonesian: jenderal — military rank
• Italian: generale — military rank
• Japanese: 大将 (taishō) — military rank
• Japanese: 将軍 (shōgun) — military rank
• Javanese: jendral — military rank
• Karachay-Balkar: инарал (inaral) — military rank
• Kashmiri: جَرنٲل (jarnạ̄l) — military rank
• Kazakh: генерал — military rank
• Khmer: ផ្កាយ (phkaay) — military rank
• Khmer: ព្រះពលទេពសេនាបតី (prĕəh pŭəl teep seenaa) — military rank
• Khmer: ឧត្តមសេនីយ (utdɑm seeniiy) — military rank
• Khmer: នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ (néayʼŏttâmôséniy៍) — military rank
• Khmer: នាយឧត្តមនាវី (néayʼŏttâmônéavi) — military rank
• Khmer: សេនាឯក (séʼénéak) — military rank
• Khmer: មេទ័ព (meitŏəp) — military rank
• Korean: 장군 (janggun) — military rank
• Korean: 대장 (daejang) — military rank
• Kyrgyz: генерал — military rank
• Lao: ພົນເອກ (phon ʼēk) — military rank
• Latin: imperator — military rank
• Latin: dux — military rank
• Latvian: ģenerālis — military rank
• Lithuanian: generolas — military rank
• Macedonian: генера́л (generál) — military rank
• Malay: jeneral — military rank
• Māori: tianara — military rank
• Marathi: सेनापती (senāptī) — military rank
• Marathi: जनरल (janral) — military rank
• Mongolian: генерал — military rank
• Norwegian Bokmål: general — military rank
• Norwegian Nynorsk: general — military rank
• Old English: heretoga — military rank
• Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤 (s2ŋün2) — military rank
• Persian: ژنرال (ženerâl) — military rank
• Polish: generał — military rank
• Portuguese: general — military rank
• Romanian: general — military rank
• Russian: военача́льник (vojenačálʹnik) — military rank
• Russian: полково́дец (polkovódec) — military rank
• Russian: генера́л (generál) — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: ђенѐра̄л — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: đenèrāl — military rank
• Slovak: generál — military rank
• Slovene: general — military rank
• Spanish: general — military rank
• Spanish: serasquier — military rank
• Swahili: jenerali — military rank
• Swedish: härförare — military rank
• Swedish: general — military rank
• Tagalog: heneral — military rank
• Tajik: генерал — military rank
• Thai: พลเอก (pon-èek) — military rank
• Tibetan: དམག་སྤྱི (dmag spyi) — military rank
• Turkish: general — military rank
• Ottoman Turkish: پاشا (paşa) — military rank
• Turkmen: general — military rank
• Ukrainian: полково́дець (polkovódecʹ) — military rank
• Ukrainian: генера́л (henerál) — military rank
• Ukrainian: воєнача́льник (vojenačálʹnyk) — military rank
• Urum: yeral — military rank
• Uzbek: general — military rank
• Vietnamese: tướng quân — military rank
• Vietnamese: tướng — military rank
• Yakut: ньадыраал (ňadïraal) — military rank
• Yiddish: גענעראַל — military rank
• Yiddish: גענעראַלשע (generalshe) — military rank
• Zazaki: general — military rank