genus

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• Received-Pronunciation: jēn’-əs
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• Received-Pronunciation: jĕn’-əs
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiːnəs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnəs/
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• US: jēn’-əs
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• US: /ˈd͡ʒiːnəs/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genusbor. English genus Borrowed from Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”). Doublet of gender and genre, further related to kin.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: genus — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Afrikaans: geslag — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Albanian: gjini — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Amharic: ወገን (wägän) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Arabic: جِنْس (jins) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Armenian: ցեղ (cʻeġ) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Azerbaijani: cins — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Belarusian: род (rod) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Bengali: গণ (gon) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Bengali: বর্গ (borgo) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Bulgarian: род (rod) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Burmese: မျိုးစု (myui:cu.) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Carpathian Rusyn: род (rod) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Catalan: gènere — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Chinese Cantonese: 屬 /属 (suk6) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Chinese: 屬 /属 (zh-min-nan) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Chinese Mandarin: 屬 /属 (shǔ) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Czech: rod — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Danish: slægt — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Danish: genus — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Dutch: geslacht — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Esperanto: genro — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Estonian: perekond — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Finnish: suku — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• French: genre — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Galician: xénero — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Georgian: გვარი (gvari) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• German: Gattung — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Greek: γένος (génos) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Hebrew: סוּג (sug) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Hindi: वंश (vañś) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Hindi: जिंस (jins) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Hungarian: nemzetség — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Icelandic: ættkvísl — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Ido: genero — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Indonesian: genus — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Irish: géineas — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Italian: genere — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Japanese: 属 (zoku) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Kazakh: туыс (tuys) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Khmer: ពួក (puək) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Korean: 속 (sok) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Northern Kurdish: tuxm — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Kyrgyz: уруу (uruu) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Lao: ຈໍາພວກ (cham phūak) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Lao: ຊາດ (sāt) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Lao: ຊາຕິ (sā ti) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Latin: genus — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Lithuanian: gentis — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Macedonian: род (rod) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Malagasy: karazana — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Malay: genus — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Malayalam: ജനുസ്സ് (janussŭ) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Malayalam: ജീനസ് (jīnasŭ) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Māori: puninga — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Mongolian: төрөл (töröl) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Norwegian Bokmål: slekt — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Occitan: genre — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Dari: سَرْدَه (sarda) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Dari: جِنْس (jins) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Iranian Persian: سَرْدِه (sarde) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Iranian Persian: جِنْس (jens) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Polish: rodzaj — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Portuguese: gênero — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Romanian: gen — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Russian: род (rod) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Serbo-Croatian: ро̑д — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Serbo-Croatian: rȏd — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Slovak: rod — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Slovene: rod — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Lower Sorbian: rod — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Upper Sorbian: ród — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Spanish: género (taxonómico) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Swahili: jenasi — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Swedish: släkte — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Swedish: genus — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Tagalog: urihay — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Tajik: ҷинс (jins) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Tatar: ыруг (ıruğ) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Telugu: ప్రజాతి (prajāti) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Thai: สกุล (sà-gun) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Turkish: cins — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Turkmen: urug — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Turkmen: jyns — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Ukrainian: рід (rid) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Urdu: جِنْس (jins) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Uyghur: ئۇرۇق (uruq) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Uyghur: جىنس (jins) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Uzbek: jins — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Uzbek: urugʻ — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Vietnamese: chi — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Volapük: bid — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Welsh: genws — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Yiddish: מין (min) — rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
• Bulgarian: род (rod) — taxon at this rank
• Catalan: gènere — taxon at this rank
• Czech: rod — taxon at this rank
• Danish: slægt — taxon at this rank
• Danish: genus — taxon at this rank
• Dutch: geslacht — taxon at this rank
• Esperanto: genro — taxon at this rank
• Finnish: suku — taxon at this rank
• French: genre — taxon at this rank
• Galician: xénero — taxon at this rank
• Georgian: გვარი (gvari) — taxon at this rank
• German: Gattung — taxon at this rank
• Greek: γένος (génos) — taxon at this rank
• Hungarian: nemzetség — taxon at this rank
• Ido: genero — taxon at this rank
• Irish: géineas — taxon at this rank
• Italian: genere — taxon at this rank
• Latvian: ģints — taxon at this rank
• Macedonian: род (rod) — taxon at this rank
• Occitan: genre — taxon at this rank
• Dari: سَرْدَه (sarda) — taxon at this rank
• Iranian Persian: سَرْدِه (sarde) — taxon at this rank
• Portuguese: gênero — taxon at this rank
• Russian: род (rod) — taxon at this rank
• Spanish: género (taxonómico) — taxon at this rank
• Swedish: släkte — taxon at this rank
• Swedish: genus — taxon at this rank
• Bulgarian: клас (klas) — group with common attributes
• Dutch: soort — group with common attributes
• Finnish: suku — group with common attributes
• Finnish: ryhmä — group with common attributes
• Galician: clase — group with common attributes
• Greek: γένος (génos) — group with common attributes
• Greek: είδος (eídos) — group with common attributes
• Irish: aicme — group with common attributes
• Macedonian: сој (soj) — group with common attributes
• Occitan: classa — group with common attributes
• Russian: класс (klass) — group with common attributes
• Chinese Mandarin: 虧格 /亏格 (kuīgé) — topological invariant
• Danish: genus — topological invariant
• Finnish: genus — topological invariant
• Galician: xénero — topological invariant
• Italian: genere — topological invariant
• Japanese: 種数 (shusū) — topological invariant
• Portuguese: gênero — topological invariant