"-geno" meaning in Italian

See -geno in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /d͡ʒe.no/ Forms: -gena [feminine], -geni [masculine, plural], -gene [feminine, plural], -gene [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs). Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:bor|grc:-γενής}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "race", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "family", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "race", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵenh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵénh₁os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*génos", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γένος", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ēs", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "athematic", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "athematic", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ēs", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ης", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-γενής", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-geno", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="-geno">, {{bor+|it|grc|-γενής}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs) Head templates: {{it-adj}} -geno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gena, masculine plural -geni, feminine plural -gene)
  1. -genic, -genous (scientific adjectives) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--geno-it-suffix-21BIl2Ca Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 87 13 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 23 10 23 10 23 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 9 24 9 24 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 24 9 24 9 24 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 5 28 5 28 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 28 6 28 6 28 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 29 4 29 4 29 4
  2. -gen (scientific nouns) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--geno-it-suffix-bx7djczH

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:-γενής"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"race\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"family\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"race\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ǵenh₁-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"athematic\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-os\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ǵénh₁os\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*génos\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"γένος\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"id\" : \"adjectival suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-ēs\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjectival suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"id\" : \"athematic\", \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"ine-pro\", \"id\" : \"athematic\", \"pos\" : \"suffix\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-os\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-ēs\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ης\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-γενής\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"-geno\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" }\" data-lang=\"it\" data-title=\"-geno\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-γενής"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-geni",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gene",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-geno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gena, masculine plural -geni, feminine plural -gene)",
      "name": "it-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-ge‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "ge‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 10 23 10 23 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 9 24 9 24 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 9 24 9 24 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 5 28 5 28 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 6 28 6 28 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 4 29 4 29 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-genic, -genous (scientific adjectives)"
      ],
      "id": "en--geno-it-suffix-21BIl2Ca",
      "links": [
        [
          "-genic",
          "-genic"
        ],
        [
          "-genous",
          "-genous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "-gen (scientific nouns)"
      ],
      "id": "en--geno-it-suffix-bx7djczH",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gen",
          "-gen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒe.no/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-geno"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian adjective-forming suffixes",
    "Italian entries with etymon",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian suffixes",
    "Italian suffixes with red links in their headword lines",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:-γενής"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"race\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"family\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"race\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ǵenh₁-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"athematic\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-os\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ǵénh₁os\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*génos\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"γένος\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"id\" : \"adjectival suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-ēs\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjectival suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"id\" : \"athematic\", \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"ine-pro\", \"id\" : \"athematic\", \"pos\" : \"suffix\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-os\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-ēs\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ης\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-γενής\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"-geno\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" }\" data-lang=\"it\" data-title=\"-geno\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-γενής"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gena",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-geni",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gene",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-geno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gena, masculine plural -geni, feminine plural -gene)",
      "name": "it-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-ge‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "ge‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "-genic, -genous (scientific adjectives)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-genic",
          "-genic"
        ],
        [
          "-genous",
          "-genous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "-gen (scientific nouns)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-gen",
          "-gen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒe.no/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-geno"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -geno meaning in Italian (4.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: adjective-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-geno"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-geno",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.