gena
English
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Gaulish
Etymology
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus. Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish gin, giun, Latin gena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡenaː/
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.na/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːn̺ä]
- Rhymes: -ɛna
- Stress: gèna
- Hyphenation: ge‧na
Noun
gena f (plural gene) (obsolete, literary)
- cheek
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, lines 61–63, page 556:
- Diffuso era per li occhi e per le gene ¶ di benigna letizia, in atto pio ¶ quale a tenero padre si conviene.
- O'erflowing was he in his eyes and cheeks with joy benign, in attitude of pity as to a tender father is becoming.
- Synonym: guancia
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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]
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
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)
Phuthi
Inflection
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