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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

genian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒəˈnaɪən/ (General-American)
  • /-ˈniːən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-ˈni.ən/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dʒɪˈnʌɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French génien, from Latin genianus, from Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + Latin -ānus (“-an”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the chin.
    • the genian prominence

Deriveds

nasogenian

Synonyms

mental