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Yes. The word gena is a Scrabble US word. The word gena is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word gena is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (5 found)

AGEN,GAEN,GANE,GEAN,GENA,

3-letter words (10 found)

AGE,ANE,EAN,ENG,GAE,GAN,GEN,NAE,NAG,NEG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AG,AN,EA,EN,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from gena according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gena

gena egna gnea ngea enga nega gean egan gaen agen eagn aegn gnae ngae gane agne nage ange enag neag eang aeng naeg aneg

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Definitions and meaning of gena

gena

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”). Doublet of chin.

Noun

gena (plural genae)

  1. (zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
  2. (entomology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
  3. (entomology) The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analagous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.

Anagrams

  • Agne, Ange, Egan, Gean, agen, gean, nega-

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genus (“jaw, cheek, mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish gin, giun, Latin gena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡenaː/

Noun

genā f

  1. cheek

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

gena

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gen

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: gè‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”).

Noun

gena f (plural gene) (obsolete, literary)

  1. cheek
    Synonym: guancia

Further reading

  • gena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gena

  1. inflection of genare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • nega

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion with genus.

Cognates include Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.na/, [ˈɡɛnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.na/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnä]

Noun

gena f (genitive genae); first declension

  1. cheek
  2. eye socket
  3. (rare) eye or eyelid

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (cheek): bucca

Descendants

  • → English: gena (learned)
  • Aromanian: dzeanã, dziane
  • → Italian: gena
  • Romanian: geană

References

  • “gena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • genene (neuter and masculine)

Noun

gena n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of gen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • genane

Noun

gena n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of gen

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

Verb

-géna

  1. to enter, to go into [+locative]

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒena]

Noun

gena f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of genă

Swedish

Etymology

From the adjective gen (“straight, through”), from Old Swedish gen, from Old Norse gegn, from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“against”).

Verb

gena (present genar, preterite genade, supine genat, imperative gena)

  1. to take a shortcut

Conjugation

Related terms

  • gen
  • genskjuta
  • genväg

References

  • gena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • gena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • gena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • Agne, agen, ange, egna

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