Gena in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Gena

You can make 23 words from 'gena' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'gena'
• 3 letters words from 'gena'
• 2 letters words from 'gena'

4 letters words from 'gena'

AGEN 5	GAEN 5
GANE 5	GEAN 5
GENA 5

3 letters words from 'gena'

AGE 4	ANE 3
EAN 3	ENG 4
GAE 4	GAN 4
GEN 4	NAE 3
NAG 4	NEG 4

2 letters words from 'gena'

AE 2	AG 3
AN 2	EA 2
EN 2	NA 2
NE 2

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

• Ange, Egan, Gean, agen, gean, nega-

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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

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Icelandic

Noun

gena

1. indefinite genitive plural of gen

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin gena (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.na/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːn̺ä]
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: gè‧na

Noun

gena f (plural gene) (obsolete, literary)

1. cheek

   Synonym: guancia

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”).

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]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.na/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnɑ]

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

• Aromanian: dzeanã
• Italian: gena
• Romanian: geană

References

• gena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• gena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gena in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• genene (neuter and masculine)

Noun

gena n or m

1. definite neuter plural of gen

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• genane

Noun

gena n or m

1. definite neuter plural of gen

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

Verb

-géna

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒena]

Noun

gena f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of genă

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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 short cut

Conjugation

Related terms

• gen
• genväg

Anagrams

• Agne, agen, ange, egna

Source: wiktionary.org

• the cheek.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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