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Genoese en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌd͡ʒɛnəʊˈiːz/ (UK)
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛnoʊˈiz/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Genuabor. Latin Genua Italian Genovader. English Genoa Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Genoese From Genoa + -ese.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, from or relating to the city of Genoa or surrounding province, Liguria, Italy.

Synonyms

Genovese

Translations (15)

de genuesisch (of, from or relating to Genoa) · ro genovez (of, from or relating to Genoa) · gl xenovés (of, from or relating to Genoa) · hy ջենովական (of, from or relating to Genoa) · cs janovský (of, from or relating to Genoa) · it genovese (of, from or relating to Genoa) · ka გენუური (of, from or relating to Genoa) · sv genuesisk (of, from or relating to Genoa) · ca genovès (of, from or relating to Genoa) · lij zenéize (of, from or relating to Genoa) · fi genovalainen (of, from or relating to Genoa) · pl genueński (of, from or relating to Genoa) · es genovés (of, from or relating to Genoa) · fr génois (of, from or relating to Genoa) · pt genovês (of, from or relating to Genoa)

Genoese en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛnəʊˈiːz/ (UK)
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛnoʊˈiz/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Genuabor. Latin Genua Italian Genovader. English Genoa Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Genoese From Genoa + -ese.

Meanings

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Genoa or surrounding province, Liguria, Italy.
    • However, John not liking a Partner in the Empire, left Conſtantinople, and retir'd to Tenedos, where he engag'd Francis Cataluze a Genoeſe to aſſiſt him, and with the Fleet under his Command, return'd to the Imperal City, compell'd Contacuzenus to quit the Empire; … 1708, The General History of the World, being an Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a Continuation from the Best Historians to the Present Times. Vol. III, London, p. 249 (https://books.google.com/books?id=UXE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA249)
    • America. One of the four parts of the world, ſo called from Americus Veſpuſius a Florentine, who with Columbus a Genoeſe, firſt diſcover'd this Country about the yeer 1492 which is moſt aptly called the New world; …. 1656, T. B. of the Inner-Temple, Glossographia: or a Dictionary, Interpreting all such Hard Words, …, London, s.v. America (https://books.google.com/books?id=QctmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP45)
    • For at preſent the Greateſt, among the Genoeſe, are in part ſubjects to the monarchy of Spain …. The Spaniards tax them very high upon occaſion, and are ſo ſenſible of the advantage this gives them over the republick, that they will not ſuffer a Neapolitan to buy the lands of a Genoeſe, who muſt find a purchaſer among his own countrymen, if he has a mind to ſell. 1741, The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; – Volume the Second. – The Third Edition: With a Compleat Index, London, p. 6 (https://books.google.com/books?id=c5ZNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA6)

Forms

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Translations (22)

lij zenéize (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · tl Henobes (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · sv genuesare (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · scn ginuvisi (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · gl xenovés (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · fr Génois (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · ru генуэзский (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · pt genovês (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · de Genuesin (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · da genovesisk (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · it genovese (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · ca genovès (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · sv genues (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · hy ջենովացի (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · cs Janovan (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · ro genovez (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · es genovés (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · nl Genuese (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · fi genovalainen (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · ab агьемуа (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · ka გენუელი (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa) · de Genuese (an inhabitant or resident of Genoa)

Genoese en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛnəʊˈiːz/ (UK)
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛnoʊˈiz/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Genuabor. Latin Genua Italian Genovader. English Genoa Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Genoese From Genoa + -ese.

Meanings

  1. The inhabitants of Genoa, collectively.
  2. The dialect of Ligurian spoken in Genoa

Translations (10)

lij zeneize (Ligurian dialect spoken in Genoa) · sv genuesiska (Ligurian dialect spoken in Genoa) · pt genovês (Ligurian dialect spoken in Genoa) · lij zenéixi (inhabitants of Genoa) · tl Henobes (inhabitants of Genoa) · ka გენუელები (inhabitants of Genoa) · es genovés (inhabitants of Genoa) · es genovés (Ligurian dialect spoken in Genoa) · sv genuesare (inhabitants of Genoa) · pt genovês (inhabitants of Genoa)