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genet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.

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Deriveds

Ethiopian genet · aquatic genet · miombo genet · rusty-spotted genet · European genet · giant genet · large-spotted genet · giant forest genet · common genet · panther genet · Hausa genet · Angolan genet · Bourlon's genet · king genet · pardine genet · Johnston's genet · servaline genet · small-spotted genet · Cape genet · Abyssinian genet

Translations (41)

ru гене́та (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ast llegra (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ast xineta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · hu petymeg (mammal of the genus Genetta) · es jineta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ro ginetă (mammal of the genus Genetta) · pt gineta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · myb tāgɨ̄ (mammal of the genus Genetta) · de Ginsterkatze (mammal of the genus Genetta) · njy sii (mammal of the genus Genetta) · fi genetti (mammal of the genus Genetta) · gl gato de algalia (mammal of the genus Genetta) · gl corredoira (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ca geneta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · gl rebisaco (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ro genetă (mammal of the genus Genetta) · eu katajineta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · eo genoto (mammal of the genus Genetta) · sba tāgɨ̄ (mammal of the genus Genetta) · kzr ɓele (mammal of the genus Genetta) · gl algaria (mammal of the genus Genetta) · nl genet (mammal of the genus Genetta) · sw kanu (mammal of the genus Genetta) · bjv tāgɨ̄ (mammal of the genus Genetta) · wo yoolaan (mammal of the genus Genetta) · fr genette (mammal of the genus Genetta) · af muskeljaatkat (mammal of the genus Genetta) · it genetta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · de Genette (mammal of the genus Genetta) · sv genett (mammal of the genus Genetta) · cmn(mammal of the genus Genetta) · ar زُرَيْقَاء (mammal of the genus Genetta) · cs ženetka (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ka ვივერა (mammal of the genus Genetta) · dyi cɛngɛ (mammal of the genus Genetta) · he גחן (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ca gat mesquer (mammal of the genus Genetta) · gl rabilongo (mammal of the genus Genetta) · es gineta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · pl żeneta (mammal of the genus Genetta) · ru гене́тта (mammal of the genus Genetta)

genet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

Coined in the 20th century from gene + -et.

Meanings

  1. A group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria etc.) that have grown in a given location, all originating from asexual reproduction of a single ancestor; a group of ramets.

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Relateds

ortet · ramet

Translations (5)

pt geneta ((biology) group of genetically identical individuals) · it genet ((biology) group of genetically identical individuals) · fi klooniyhdyskunta ((biology) group of genetically identical individuals) · pl genet ((biology) group of genetically identical individuals) · pt genet ((biology) group of genetically identical individuals)

genet en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

See jennet.

Meanings

  1. A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
    • Because we come to do you service and you think we are ruffians, you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse. You’ll have your nephews neigh to you. You’ll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germans. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 109-113:

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