γενιά

• γενεά (geneá) (formal)

From Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá).

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈɲa/
• Hyphenation: γε‧νιά

γενιά • (geniá) f (plural γενιές)

1. kin, ancestry
2. generation
   1. a generation's actions in specific era or decade, mainly of artistic and political movements (used only with γενιά (geniá) but not with γενεά (geneá))

      η γενιά του μεσοπολέμου ― i geniá tou mesopolémou ― the interwar generation

      Γενιά του ’30 ονομάστηκε η γενιά Ελλήνων καλλιτεχνών που γεννήθηκαν στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα.

      Geniá tou ’30 onomástike i geniá Ellínon kallitechnón pou genníthikan stis archés tou 20ou aióna.

      The generation of the ’30s is the name for the cohort of Greek artists born at the beginning of the 20th century.

• see also expressions with γενεά (geneá)

• γένος (génos)
• κυρογενιά (kyrogeniá) (dialectal from Mani)