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Gen¹

proper noun

  1. A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

Gen²

Where it comes from

Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.

noun Gens

  1. A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.

Gen³

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, gen

proper noun

  1. A female given name, a short form of Genevieve. Hal. Oh, don't fuss, Gen. I'll do my part all right. Mamma's 'structed me, you know. Genevieve. Instructed, Hal.

Gen⁴

noun Gens

  1. alternative Alternative form of Gen. (“General”). Particularly notable was the presence not just of Nato’s military chief, the American Gen Christopher Cavoli, but also Adm Sir Tony Radakin, Britain’s most senior military officer, who is now acknowledged in Washington and Kyiv as an increasingly important actor in helping Ukraine overcome the Russi

gen⁵

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, Gen · Rhymes with -ɛn

Where it comes from

Clipping of general.

noun

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable Information. Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen.
  2. uncountable Information about the location of a bird. I had some recent gen that they had been seen quite recently at Kunoth Well, a little dot on the map on the edge of the Tanami Desert.
  3. slang, uncountable Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.

    Similar: genfic

adjective

  1. not comparable general

gen⁶

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, Gen · Rhymes with -ɛn

noun gens

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).

gen⁷

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, Gen · Rhymes with -ɛn

Where it comes from

Shortened from generate and generator.

verb gens · genning · genned

  1. To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program. genned with a LLM

noun gens

  1. slang A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).

    Similar: genny

gen⁸

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, Gen · Rhymes with -ɛn

Where it comes from

Shortened from genetic engineering

verb gens · genning · genned

  1. To genetically engineer. Samples could be taken from the original, and plans could be made, but genning could not be initiated until death had occurred.

gen⁹

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, Gen · Rhymes with -ɛn

Where it comes from

Etymology unknown. Possibilities include:

* Clipping of argent

* Clipping of generalise, from back slang for English shilling.

noun gens

  1. UK, obsolete, slang A shilling. The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a 'rouf yenap'" (fourp

gen10

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, Gen · Rhymes with -ɛn

Where it comes from

Clipping of generation.

noun gens

  1. informal A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years). "Mladenovic playing in what the young gen is calling a crop top, but what my gen is calling a bra," Bouchard tweeted. "Sign of the times that Wimbledon has no issue with that. Still can remember the year some had troubles because of 'too short' skirts lol."
  2. in compounds, informal A specific version of something in a chronological sequence. For my fellow first-gens, get ready to hide a smirk, because your life story is likely hidden somewhere in this chapter. For the uninitiated—that is, the person who's never had a thing to do with the Arab way of doing things (namely dating)—I advise you to buckle up.

gen11

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Jen, Gen · Rhymes with -ɛn

adverb

  1. Internet, abbreviation, clipping, not comparable Clipping of genuinely

GEN12

noun GENs

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of group exemption number

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: name, att, maj, coronel, colonel, nom, atty, acc, kind, dir, type, nature, rendering, creation, sort, generation

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@misc{gen_2026,
  title = {gen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gen},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}