"generational" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: generation + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|generation|al}} generation + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} generational (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or changing over generations. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, pertaining to, or changing over generations): generacional (Catalan), generační (Czech), generationeel (Dutch), generacia (Esperanto), sukupolvien välinen (Finnish), sukupolvittainen (Finnish), générationnel (French), xeracional [feminine, masculine] (Galician), generationell (German), generationsmäßig (German), Generations- (German), דּוֹרִי [masculine] (Hebrew), generacionala (Ido), generazionale (Italian), pokoleniowy (Polish), geracional [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), generacional (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-generational-en-adj-y1rI5WYr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Derived forms: cross-generational, generational change, generational conflict, generational curse, generational dynamics, generational planet, generational wealth, intergenerational, multigenerational, Strauss-Howe generational theory, transgenerational

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
          "word": "generacional"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "דּוֹרִי"
        },
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
          "word": "generacionala"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
          "word": "generazionale"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "generacional"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "generační"
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "generacia"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "générationnel"
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    },
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    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "generationsmäßig"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "Generations-"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דּוֹרִי"
    },
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "generacionala"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "generazionale"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "word": "pokoleniowy"
    },
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geracional"
    },
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or changing over generations",
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