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congener

/ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/

congener noun: a plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.

Noun

congener (plural congeners)

  1. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
  2. A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
    • Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
  3. Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
  4. Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.

congener meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

congener in Tamil

இணைச்செனிமம்

congener in Bengali

একই জাতি, গোত্রভুক্ত বস্তু

congener in Kannada

ಸಮಾನ ವರ್ಗಿ, ಸಮಾನ ಗುಣಿ, ಸಮಾನ ಕುಲದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾದ ಗುಣದ ಒಂದು ಮದ್ಯಮಿಶ್ರಣ

Synonyms of congener

Forms of congener

pluralcongeners

Origin of congener

From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).

Questions about congener

What does congener mean?
Congener means a plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
What is congener in Tamil?
Congener in Tamil is இணைச்செனிமம். See Congener meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is congener?
Congener is a noun.
How do you pronounce congener?
Congener is pronounced /ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/.
What is the plural of congener?
The plural of congener is congeners.

Words near congener in the dictionary

  1. congelifract
  2. congelifraction
  3. congelifracts
  4. congeliturbation
  5. congemination
  6. congener
  7. congeneracy
  8. congenerate
  9. congenerated
  10. congenerates
  11. congenerating

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: congener (page history and authors); congener (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congener (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congener (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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