genro

See also: ĝenro

English

Etymology

From Japanese 元老.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnɹəʊ/

Noun

genro (plural genros or genro)

  1. (historical) A body of elder statesmen of Japan, formerly used as informal advisors to the Emperor.
    • 2007: That last part was in line with the genro Prince Saionji's advice to the Emperor: advice which the Emperor ignored. — Clive James, Cultural Amnesia (Picador 2007, p. 814)

Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡenro/
  • Hyphenation: gen‧ro
  • Rhymes: -enro

Noun

genro (accusative singular genron, plural genroj, accusative plural genrojn)

  1. (grammar) gender
  2. genus
  3. (transgender, neologism) gender

See also

Ido

Etymology

Same as genero.

Noun

genro (plural genri)

  1. gender, grammatical sex

Derived terms

  • transgenro (“transgender”)
  • transgenra (“transgender”)

Paronyms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese genrro (“son-in-law”), from Latin gener, generum (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒẽ.ʁu/
  • Hyphenation: gen‧ro

Noun

genro m (plural genros, feminine nora, feminine plural noras)

  1. son-in-law
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