genesis

genesis

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of genesis in English

English Online Dictionary. What means genesis‎? What does genesis mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genesis (generation, nativity), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, origin, source, beginning). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, to be produced, become, be). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
  • (pinpen merger) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪn.ə.sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnəsɪs
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧sis

Noun

genesis (plural geneses)

  1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

Derived terms

  • soil genesis

Translations

Further reading

  • “genesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “genesis”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation)

Noun

genesis f (genitive genesis or geneseōs or genesios); third declension

  1. generation, creation, nativity
  2. birth

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

All borrowed.

  • Catalan: gènesi (learned)
  • Dutch: genese (learned)
    • Indonesian: genesa
  • English: genesis (learned)
  • French: genèse (semi-learned)
  • Italian: genesi (learned)
  • Spanish: génesis (learned)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: genesis, genese (learned)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: genesis, genese (learned)
  • Polish: geneza (learned)
  • Turkish: genez (learned)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, origin, creation, beginning), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (birth, production), from *ǵenh₁-.

Noun

genesis m (definite singular genesisen, indefinite plural genesisar, definite plural genesisane)

  1. creation, genesis, origin

References

  • “genesis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Bookmark
share
WebDictionary.net is an Free English Dictionary containing information about the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, translations, etymology and more.

Related Words

-

Browse the English Dictionary

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

License

This article based on an article on Wiktionary. The list of authors can be seen in the page history there. The original work has been modified. This article is distributed under the terms of this license.