"Gen" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gen
  1. A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
    Sense id: en-Gen-en-name-zOmbaSAw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 21 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 12 28 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒɛn/
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gen
  1. A female given name, a short form of Genevieve. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Languages
    Sense id: en-Gen-en-name-p8aXf-Q7 Disambiguation of Languages: 22 53 11 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

Forms: Gens [plural]
Etymology: Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova. Etymology templates: {{m|en|new}} new, {{m|en|generation}} generation, {{der|en|it|generazione nuova}} Italian generazione nuova Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gen (plural Gens)
  1. (Roman Catholicism) A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism
    Sense id: en-Gen-en-noun-w1hTKu9o Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: Gens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gen (plural Gens)
  1. Alternative form of Gen. (“General”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Gen. (extra: General)
    Sense id: en-Gen-en-noun-nFnocjbc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈɡeːn/ Audio: De-Gen.ogg
Rhymes: -eːn Etymology: Coined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”). Etymology templates: {{coin|de|Wilhelm Johannsen|in=1909|nat=Danish|nobycat=1|occ=biologist}} Coined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, {{der|de|grc|γενεά||generation, descent}} Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,e}} Gen n (strong, genitive Gens, plural Gene) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,e}} Forms: Gens [genitive], Gene [plural], strong [table-tags], Gen [nominative, singular], Gene [definite, nominative, plural], Gens [genitive, singular], Gene [definite, genitive, plural], Gen [dative, singular], Genen [dative, definite, plural], Gen [accusative, singular], Gene [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. gene Tags: neuter, strong Related terms: Genom
    Sense id: en-Gen-de-noun-WsUsZ8EK Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: AFP-Gen, Alpha-Fetoprotein-Gen, BRCA-Gen, Brustkrebsgen, Cream-Gen, Creamgen, Das egoistische Gen, DNA-Reparaturgen, FUS-Gen, Fusionsgen, FXN-Gen, Gen-Cluster, Gen-Knockdown, Gen-Knockout, Gen-Pharming, Gen-Rekrutierung, Gen-Schere, Gen-Silencing, Gen-Stilllegun, Gen-Suppression, Gen-Targeting, Genaktivierung, Genaktivität, Genamplifikation, Genanalyse, Genbank, Genbibliothek, Gencluster, Gendatenbank, Gendeletion, Gendichte, Gendisruption, Gendoping, Genduplikation, Gene-Trapping, Generosion, Genexpression, Genfamilie, Genfehler, Genfluss, Genfluß, Genfragment, Genfrequenz, Genfunktion, Gengehalt, Gengruppe, Geninteraktion, Geninversion, Genisolation, Genisolierung, Genkanone, Genkarte, Genkartierung, Genkassette, Genknockdown, Genknockout, Genkombination, Genkomplex, Genkonversion, Genlocus, Genlokus, Genmodifikation, Genmutation, Genort, Genpaar, Genpflanze, Genpharmakologie, Genpharming, Genpool, Genprodukt, Genregion, Genregulation, Genregulierung, Genrekombination, Genrekrutierung, Genschaden, Genschädigung, Genschere, Gensegment, Gensequenz, Gensequenzierung, Gensilencing, Genspleissen, Genspleißen, Gensplicing, Genstilllegun, Genstruktur, Gensubstitution, Gensuppression, Gensymbol, Gensynthese, Gentargeting, Gentechnik, gentechnisch, Gentechnologie, Gentherapie, Genträger, Gentransfer, Gentranskription, Gentrapping, Genübertragung, Genvariante, Genvorhersage, Halloween-Gen, Halloweengen, Haushaltsgen, homologes Gen, Homöoboxgen, homöotisches Gen, Hox-Gen, Hoxgen, hypostatisches Gen, Kandidatengen, Kontrollgen, Krebsgen, Krieger-Gen, Kriegergen, Letalgen, Markergen, Markierungsgen, MEFV-Gen, Merle-Gen, Merlegen, mitochondriales Gen, Mitochondriengen, Mittelmeerfieber-Gen, Mittelmeerfiebergen, Neandertaler-Gen, orthologes Gen, Paarregel-Gen, Paarregelgen, paralogisches Gen, Pflanzengen, pflanzliches Gen, Piwi-Gen, Polyhedrin-Gen, Polyhedringen, Referenz-Gen, Referenzgen, Regulatorgen, Reportergen, Repressorgen, Resistenzgen, Rezeptor-Gen, Rezeptorgen, Schlankheitsgen, Segmentierungsgen, spezifisches Gen, Strukturgen, Suszeptibilitätsgen, Target-Gen, Targetgen, Transkriptionsgen, Tumorsuppressor-Gen, Tumorsuppressorgen, Verzwergungsgen, Windfarbgen, Zielgen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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