"-génie" meaning in Français

See -génie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: \ʒe.ni\
  1. Suffixe utilisé pour former un nom signifiant « qui engendre », « qui génère » l’état ou la chose définie par le radical du mot.
    Sense id: fr--génie-fr-suffix-HRN9VKBy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: -geny (Anglais), -geniezh (Breton), -jeniezh (Breton), -parañ (Breton), -farañ (Breton), -barañ (Breton), -xenia (Galicien)
Categories (other): Mots en français issus d’un mot en grec ancien, Suffixes en français, Traductions en anglais, Traductions en breton, Traductions en galicien, Français Derived forms: anthropogénie [compound], cryogénie [compound], dynamogénie [compound], embryogénie [compound], hémogénie [compound], hétérogénie [compound], histogénie [compound], isogénie [compound], métallogénie [compound], ontogénie [compound], organogénie [compound], orogénie [compound], orthogénie [compound], phonogénie [compound], photogénie [compound], phylogénie [compound], tératogénie [compound]
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