congener
English
Etymology
From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/, /kənˈd͡ʒiːnə(ɹ)/
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Noun
congener (plural congeners)
- A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
- Hyponym: conspecific
- A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
- 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.
- (chemistry) Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
- Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.
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Translations
a plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another
a person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another
any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character
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References
- “congener”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡɛ.nɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.ner]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Adjective
congener (genitive congeneris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of the same race
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | congener | congenerēs | congenera | ||
| genitive | congeneris | congenerum | |||
| dative | congenerī | congeneribus | |||
| accusative | congenerem | congener | congenerīs congenerēs |
congenera | |
| ablative | congenere | congeneribus | |||
| vocative | congener | congenerēs | congenera | ||
Descendants
- → French: congénère (learned)
- → English: congener
- Italian: congenere
- Portuguese: congénere
- Spanish: congénere
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Noun
congener m (genitive congenerī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | congener | congenerī |
| genitive | congenerī | congenerōrum |
| dative | congenerō | congenerīs |
| accusative | congenerum | congenerōs |
| ablative | congenerō | congenerīs |
| vocative | congener | congenerī |
References
- “congener, -eris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “congener, -eri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “congener”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French congénère, from Latin congener.
Adjective
congener m or n (feminine singular congeneră, masculine plural congeneri, feminine/neuter plural congenere)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | congener | congeneră | congeneri | congenere | ||
| definite | congenerul | congenera | congenerii | congenerele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | congener | congenere | congeneri | congenere | ||
| definite | congenerului | congenerei | congenerilor | congenerelor | |||