"genitor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-genitor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: genitors [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English genitour, from Old French genitor, geneteur, from Latin genitor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr; the Latin is also equivalent to gignō + -tor. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|genitour}} Middle English genitour, {{der|en|fro|genitor}} Old French genitor, {{m|fro|geneteur}} geneteur, {{der|en|la|genitor}} Latin genitor, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵénh₁tōr}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr, {{suffix|la|gignō|tor|nocat=1}} gignō + -tor Head templates: {{en-noun}} genitor (plural genitors)
  1. a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring. Categories (topical): Family members, Parents
    Sense id: en-genitor-en-noun-8mFgZ5ic Disambiguation of Family members: 63 16 21 Disambiguation of Parents: 66 15 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 23 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 35 17
  2. a generator; an originator
    Sense id: en-genitor-en-noun-FI8Y3ODG
  3. (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals Tags: in-plural, obsolete
    Sense id: en-genitor-en-noun-n14~Mi1X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: biofather, biomother, bioparent, birthfather, birthmother, birthparent Related terms: progenitor, progenitrix Coordinate_terms: genetrix (english: female genitor), genitrix (english: female genitor)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for genitor meaning in English (3.6kB)

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