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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹeɪt]
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹeɪt]
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒen.ə.ɹæɪt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈd͡ʒen.ɹæɪt]
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• Canada: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəreːt/
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• [ˈdʑɛnəɹɛ(ː)t] Ottawa Valley
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• CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 N ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

From Latin generō (“beget, procreate, produce”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from genus (“a kind, race, family”, gener- in compounds) + -ō; see genus. Compare Italian generare, French générer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, gender (“engender, breed, copulate”)).

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aragonese: chenerar — bring into being
• Asturian: xenerar — bring into being
• Azerbaijani: törətmək — bring into being
• Bhojpuri: उपजावल (upəjāval) — bring into being
• Bulgarian: създа́вам (sǎzdávam) — bring into being
• Bulgarian: пораждам (poraždam) — bring into being
• Catalan: generar — bring into being
• Esperanto: generi — bring into being
• Finnish: synnyttää — bring into being
• Finnish: herättää — bring into being
• French: générer — bring into being
• Galician: xerar — bring into being
• Galician: criar — bring into being
• Georgian: წარმოქმნა (c̣armokmna) — bring into being
• Georgian: წარმოება (c̣armoeba) — bring into being
• Georgian: შექმნა (šekmna) — bring into being
• Georgian: გენერირება (generireba) — bring into being
• German: generieren — bring into being
• Ancient Greek: φύω (phúō) — bring into being
• Hindi: उपजाना (upjānā) — bring into being
• Hungarian: létrehoz — bring into being
• Hungarian: teremt — bring into being
• Italian: generare — bring into being
• Japanese: 生む (umu) — bring into being
• Japanese: 生み出す (umidasu) — bring into being
• Japanese: 生成する (seisei suru) — bring into being
• Japanese: 発生させる (hassei saseru) — bring into being
• Latin: pariō — bring into being
• Manx: gien — bring into being
• Polish: generować — bring into being
• Polish: wygenerować — bring into being
• Polish: stwarzać — bring into being
• Polish: stworzyć — bring into being
• Polish: tworzyć — bring into being
• Polish: wywołać — bring into being
• Portuguese: gerar — bring into being
• Romanian: genera — bring into being
• Russian: порожда́ть (poroždátʹ) — bring into being
• Russian: производи́ть (proizvodítʹ) — bring into being
• Russian: генерировать (generirovatʹ) — bring into being
• Slovak: generovať — bring into being
• Slovak: vygenerovať — bring into being
• Spanish: generar — bring into being
• Swedish: skapa — bring into being
• Swedish: generera — bring into being
• Vietnamese: sinh ra — bring into being
• Vietnamese: gây ra — bring into being
• Vietnamese: gây nên — bring into being
• Vietnamese: đẻ ra — bring into being
• Zazaki: afernen — bring into being
• Belarusian: генеры́раваць (hjenjerýravacʹ) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Bulgarian: генерирам (generiram) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Finnish: tuottaa — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Finnish: kehittää — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Finnish: synnyttää — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• French: générer — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Galician: xerar — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Georgian: წარმოქმნა (c̣armokmna) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Georgian: გენერირება (generireba) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Hindi: उत्पादन करना (utpādan karnā) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Italian: generare — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Japanese: 生む (umu) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Japanese: 生み出す (umidasu) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Japanese: 熾す (okosu) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Japanese: 生成する (seisei suru) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Japanese: 発生させる (hassei saseru) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Manx: gien — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Māori: huri hiko — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Māori: mahi hiko — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Polish: wytwarzać — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Polish: wytworzyć — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Polish: generować — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Polish: wygenerować — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Portuguese: gerar — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Romanian: genera — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Russian: генери́ровать (generírovatʹ) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Slovak: generovať — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Spanish: generar — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Spanish: producir — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Ukrainian: генерува́ти (heneruváty) — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Vietnamese: phát — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Vietnamese: phát ra — produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
• Bulgarian: пораждам (poraždam) — procreate, beget
• Finnish: tehdä — procreate, beget
• French: engendrer — procreate, beget
• Galician: xerar — procreate, beget
• Italian: procreare — procreate, beget
• Italian: generare — procreate, beget
• Manx: gien — procreate, beget
• Polish: wydawać — procreate, beget
• Polish: wydać — procreate, beget
• Polish: płodzić — procreate, beget
• Polish: spłodzić — procreate, beget
• Portuguese: procriar — procreate, beget
• Romanian: procrea — procreate, beget
• Romanian: zămisli — procreate, beget
• Romanian: reproduce — procreate, beget
• Romanian: a da naștere — procreate, beget
• Russian: порожда́ть (poroždátʹ) — procreate, beget
• Russian: производи́ть на свет (proizvodítʹ na svet) — procreate, beget
• Spanish: procrear — procreate, beget
• Vietnamese: sinh ra — procreate, beget
• Vietnamese: đẻ ra — procreate, beget
• Bulgarian: образувам (obrazuvam) — mathematics: form a figure
• French: engendrer — mathematics: form a figure
• Georgian: შექმნა (šekmna) — mathematics: form a figure
• Georgian: წარმოქმნა (c̣armokmna) — mathematics: form a figure
• Georgian: გენერირება (generireba) — mathematics: form a figure
• Italian: generare — mathematics: form a figure
• Italian: formare — mathematics: form a figure
• Manx: gien — mathematics: form a figure
• Romanian: genera — mathematics: form a figure
• Romanian: produce — mathematics: form a figure
• Romanian: crea — mathematics: form a figure
• Russian: образо́вывать (obrazóvyvatʹ) — mathematics: form a figure
• Slovak: generovať — mathematics: form a figure
• Slovak: vygenerovať — mathematics: form a figure
• Vietnamese: xuất ra — mathematics: form a figure