gena
English
Etymology
Noun
gena
- (zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
- (zoology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gena in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
Gaulish
Etymology
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus. Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish gin, giun, Latin gena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡenaː/
Noun
genā f
Declension
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). Cognates include Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.na/, [ˈɡɛ.na]
Noun
gena f (genitive genae); first declension
- cheek
- eye socket
- (rare) eye or eyelid
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gena | genae |
| genitive | genae | genārum |
| dative | genae | genīs |
| accusative | genam | genās |
| ablative | genā | genīs |
| vocative | gena | genae |
Synonyms
- (cheek): bucca
Descendants
References
- gena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- gena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- genene (neuter and masculine)
Noun
gena n, m
- definite neuter plural of gen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
gena n, m
- definite neuter plural of gen
Swedish
Verb
gena
- to take a short cut