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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Inflection 3.2.2 Derived terms 3.2.3 Related terms 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

[ English

Wikipedia Wikipedia

[ Etymology

From Latin genus.

[ Pronunciation

• UK: enPR: jēn'əs, IPA: /ˈdʒiːnəs/, SAMPA: /"dZi:n@s/

[ Noun

Singular genus

Plural genera

genus (plural genera)

1. (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank

   All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.

2. A group with common attributes
3. (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
4. (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

[ Related terms

• general
• generic
• (semantics): differentia

[ See also

• generic name
• class
• division
• kingdom
• order
• phylum
• species

[ Translations

rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species

Catalan: gènere m. Czech: rod m. Danish: slægt c. Dutch: geslacht n. Estonian: perekond Finnish: suku

French: genre m. Hungarian: nemzetség Italian: genere m. Japanese: 属 (zoku) Portuguese: gênero m. Swedish: släkte

taxon at this rank

Catalan: gènere Danish: slægt c. Dutch: geslacht n. Finnish: suku French: genre m.

German: Gattung f. Hungarian: nemzetség Italian: genere m. Portuguese: gênero m.

group with common attributes

Dutch: soort f.

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[ Dutch

[ Etymology

Latin genus

[ Noun

genus n. (plural genera, no diminutive)

1. (botany) a rank in a taxonomic classification, in between family and species.
2. (botany) a taxon at this rank
3. (linguistics) gender

[ Synonyms

• geslacht (2)

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[ Latin

[ Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“‘race’”). Cognates include Ancient Greek γένος (genos), “‘race, stock, kin, kind’”), Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), “‘race, class of beings’”).

[ Noun

genus (genitive generis); n, third declension

1. birth, origin
2. kind, type, class
3. set, group (with common attributes)

[ Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	genus	genera
genitive	generis	generum
dative	generī	generibus
accusative	gener	genera
ablative	genere	generibus
vocative	genus	genera

[ Derived terms

• sui generis

[ Related terms

• genocide
• generalis
• generare
• generate

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[ Swedish

[ Noun

genus n.

1. gender (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns)