English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/
Proper noun
Genesis
- (religion, biblical) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
Holonyms
Translations
book of the Bible
- Afrikaans: Genesis (af)
- Albanian: Zanafilla
- Amharic: ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት (ʾorit zäfṭərät)
- Arabic: التَّكْوِين (ar) m (at-takwīn), سِفْرُ اَلتَّكْوِين m (sifru t-takwīn), سِفْرُ الخَلِيقَة m (sifru l-ḵalīqa)
- Armenian: Ծննդոց (hy) (Cnndocʻ)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ f (brītā), ܣܸܦܪܵܐ ܕܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ m (siprā d-brītā)
- Asturian: Xénesis (ast) m
- Basque: Hasiera (eu)
- Belarusian: Кні́га Быцця́ f (Kníha Byccjá), Быццё n (Byccjó)
- Bengali: আদিপুস্তক (adipustok)
- Breton: Geneliezh (br) f
- Bulgarian: Битие n (Bitie)
- Burmese: (please verify) ကမ္ဘာဦးကျမ် (kambhau:kyam)
- Catalan: Gènesi
- Cebuano: Henesis
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 創世記 / 创世记 (cong3 sai3 gei3), 創世紀 / 创世纪 (cong3 sai3 gei2) (Catholic)
- Eastern Min: 創世記 / 创世记 (Cháung-sié-gé)
- Hakka: 創世記 / 创世记 (Chhóng-sṳ-ki)
- Hokkien: 創世記 / 创世记 (Chhòng-sè-kì), 創世紀 / 创世纪 (Chhòng-sè-kí) (Catholic)
- Mandarin: 創世記 / 创世记 (zh) (Chuàngshìjì), 創世紀 / 创世纪 (zh) (Chuàngshìjì) (Catholic)
- Corsican: Gènesi (co)
- Czech: Genesis (cs)
- Danish: Første Mosebog (da)
- Dutch: Genesis (nl)
- Esperanto: Genezo
- Estonian: 1. Moosese raamat (et)
- Faroese: Fyrsta Mósebók (fo) m
- Fijian: Vakatekivu
- Finnish: 1. Mooseksen kirja
- French: Genèse (fr) f
- Galician: Xénese f
- Georgian: დაბადებისა (dabadebisa)
- German: Genesis (de) f, 1. Buch Mose n (das erste Buch Mose)
- Greek: Γένεση (el) f (Génesi)
- Ancient: Γένεσις f (Génesis)
- Greenlandic: 1 Mosesi (kl)
- Gujarati: ઊત્પત્તિ (ūtpatti)
- Hawaiian: Kinohi
- Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית (he) m (b'reshít)
- Hindi: उत्पत्ति (hi) (utpatti)
- Hungarian: Mózes első könyve (hu)
- Icelandic: (Fyrsta Mósebók) 1. Mósebók
- Ido: Genezo (io)
- Indonesian: Kitab Kejadian, Kejadian (id), Genesis (id)
- Irish: Leabhar Gheineasas m, Geineasas (ga) m
- Italian: Genesi (it) f
- Japanese: 創世記 (ja) (そうせいき, sōseiki)
- Jarai: Čơdơ̆ng Phŭn
- Kannada: ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ (ādikāṇḍa)
- Kazakh: Жаратылыстың басталуы (Jaratylystyñ bastaluy)
- Khmer: លោកុប្បត្តិ (lookupbat)
- Konkani: उत्पती चें पुस्तक (utpatī cẽ pustak) or Utpoti chem Pustok
- Korean: 창세기(創世記) (ko) (changsegi)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پەیدابوون (peydabûn)
- Lao: ປະຖົມມະການ (pa thom ma kān)
- Latin: Liber Genesis
- Latvian: Radīšanas grāmata f, Pirmā Mozus grāmata (lv) f
- Lavukaleve: Genesis
- Limburgish: Genesis
- Lithuanian: Pradžios knyga (lt) m
- Lutuv: Sahruothuna
- Macedonian: Би́тие (Bítie)
- Malay: Kejadian
- Malayalam: ഉല്പത്തിപ്പുസ്തകം (ulpattippustakaṁ)
- Maltese: Ktieb il-Ġenesi (mt)
- Manx: lioar Genesis m
- Maori: Kenehi (mi)
- Marathi: उत्पत्ति (utpatti)
- Mirandese: Génesis
- Neapolitan: Genesi
- Nepali: उत्पत्ति (ne) (utpatti)
- Ngazidja Comorian: Mwanɗo class 3
- Norwegian: Første Mosebok (no)
- Odia: ଆଦିପୁସ୍ତକ (ādipustaka)
- Persian: پیدایش (fa) (peydâyeš)
- Polish: Genesis (pl) f, Księga Rodzaju f
- Portuguese:
- Brazilian: Gênesis (pt) m
- European: Génesis (pt) m
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਉਤਪਤ (pa) (utapat)
- Shahmukhi: پیدائش (pedā'iś)
- Romanian: Geneza f, Facerea f
- Russian: Кни́га Бытия́ f (Kníga Bytijá), Бытие́ (ru) n (Bytijé), пе́рвая кни́га Моисе́я f (pérvaja kníga Moiséja)
- Scots: Genesis
- Scottish Gaelic: Genesis (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian: Knjiga Postanka
- Sinhalese: උත්පත්ති (utpatti)
- Slovak: Genesis m
- Slovene: Geneza (sl)
- Spanish: el Génesis (es)
- Swahili: Mwanzo (sw) class 3
- Swedish: Första Moseboken, Genesis (sv)
- Tagalog: Samula, Henesis (tl)
- Tajik: Хуруҷ (Xuruj)
- Tamil: ஆதியாகமம் (ta) (ātiyākamam)
- Telugu: ఆదికాండము (ādikāṇḍamu)
- Thai: ปฐมกาล
- Turkish: Yaratılış Kitabı
- Ukrainian: Кни́га Буття́ f (Knýha Buttjá), Буття́ n (Buttjá)
- Urdu: پیدائش (pedā'iś), کِتابِ پیدائش (kitāb-e pedā'iś)
- Uzbek: Ibtido
- Vietnamese: Sách Sáng thế (冊創世), Sáng thế ký, Sáng thế kí (創世記)
- Waray-Waray: Genesis
- Welsh: Genesis (cy) m
- West Frisian: Genesis
- Yiddish: בראשית m (breyshes)
- Zealandic: Genesis
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Noun
Genesis (plural Genesises)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Canada, US, video games) A video game console, the Sega Genesis, also marketed as the Mega Drive outside North America.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Genesis
- (biblical) Genesis
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.nə.sɪs/
- Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧sis
Proper noun
Genesis f
- Genesis (a book of the Hebrew Bible)
French
Etymology
Borrowing from English Genesis
Pronunciation
Noun
Genesis m (uncountable)
- (North America) Sega Genesis
Synonyms
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Genesis f (genitive Genesis, plural Genesen)
- genesis
- Synonym: Genese f
Declension
Declension of Genesis [feminine]
Proper noun
Genesis f (proper noun, genitive Genesis)
- (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)
- Synonym: erstes Buch Mose
Synonyms
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Genesis, from Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Genesis
- (religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible)(religion, Christianity, biblical)
- Synonym: Kejadian
Further reading
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈnesis/ [d͡ʒeˈneː.si̞s]
- IPA(key): /heˈnesis/ [heˈneː.si̞s]
- (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian)
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈnehih/ [d͡ʒeˈneː.hi̞h]
- IPA(key): /heˈnehih/ [heˈneː.hi̞h]
- Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis
Proper noun
Genesis
- (biblical) Genesis (book of the Bible)
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.
- see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γένεσις (Génesis).
Proper noun
Genesis m sg (genitive Genesis); third declension
- Genesis, the first book of the Torah and the Bible.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin Genesis. Doublet of geneza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈnɛ.zis/
- Rhymes: -ɛzis
- Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis
Proper noun
Genesis f (indeclinable)
- Genesis (book of the Bible)
- Synonym: Księga Rodzaju
Further reading
- Genesis in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic
Proper noun
Genesis (genitive Ghenesis)
- (biblical) Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament
Coordinate terms
Slovak
Proper noun
Genesis ?
- (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowing from English Genesis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝenesis/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ne.sis]
- IPA(key): /ˈʝenesis/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ne.sis] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃenesis/ [ˈʃe.ne.sis] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈʒenesis/ [ˈʒe.ne.sis] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -enesis
- Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis
Noun
Genesis m (uncountable)
- (US, Mexico, Chile) Sega Genesis
Synonyms
- (Spain, Philippines, Argentina, Uruguay) Mega Drive
Swedish
Proper noun
Genesis c (genitive Genesis)
- synonym of Första Moseboken (“Genesis”)
Tagalog
Proper noun
Génesís or Genesis (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)
- alternative spelling of Henesis
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Genesis m
- (biblical) The Book of Genesis
Coordinate terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.