genian

From French génien, from Latin genianus, from Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + Latin -ānus (“-an”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪən/, /-ˈniːən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈnaɪən/, /-ˈni.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧an

genian (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, archaic) Of or pertaining to the chin.

   the genian prominence

• mental

• “genian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• eaning, ingena

• IPA^(key): /ɡenian/ [ɡe.ni.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian, -an
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧an

genian

1. Masculine allocutive form of genuen.

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

genian

1. accusative singular of genia