genesis
Syllables: ge·ne·sis/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
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genesis noun: the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
Noun
genesis (plural geneses)
- The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
- Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.
- The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were unearthed in 1956–1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91
Proper noun capitalized: Genesis
UK/ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/
Genesis
- The first book in the Hebrew Bible.
- The Book of Genesis names Noah as the first winegrower. After rescuing humans and animals during the Great Flood he is said to have planted the first vines on Earth.2020 August 2, “Faith Matters - The Cup and the Covenant - Wine and Catholicism”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2023, Religion
- Synonyms:
- Gen.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
genesis meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
genesis in Tamil
- the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being
- தோற்றம் tōṟṟam, பிறப்பு piṟappu
genesis in Urdu
- آغاز, عمل تولید, ابتدا, پیدائش
genesis in Bengali
- the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being
- ইবতিদা ibtida, পয়দায়েশ poẏdaẏeś, আগাজ agaz
genesis in Malayalam
- the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being
- ഉല്പത്തി ulpatti
More languagesFewer languages
- genesis in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ, ಉಗಮ, ಮೂಲ, ಆದಿ
- genesis in Sanskrit
- उत्पाद utpāda
- genesis in Arabic
- تَكْوِين takwīn
- genesis in Persian
- بوش baveš, boveš, پیدایش peydâyeš
Examples of genesis in a sentence
- Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
- Similarly, in microgensis, stages unfold as somewhat arbitrarily isolable epochs in a continuous flow of percept genesis.
- This was Nabokov’s postlude to Lolita, where he relates the book’s genesis.
Synonyms of genesis
Forms of genesis
| plural | geneses |
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Origin of genesis
Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning”). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.
From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).
Words formed from genesis
- acrometagenesis
- anthogenesis
- biogenesis
- cisgenesis
- cogenesis
- collaterogenesis
- corticogenesis
- cosmogenesis
- costamerogenesis
- diagenesis
- digenetic
- endogenesis
- entheogenesis
- eogenesis
- estrogenesis
- eugenesis
- folliculogenesis
- Genesis Planet
- genetic
- glottogenesis
- glycerogenesis
- glycogenesis
- gonadogenesis
- haematogenesis
- hypergenesis
- isogenesis
- karyogenesis
- kinetogenesis
- leptogenesis
- lithogenesis
- lobulogenesis
- macrogenesis
- magnetogenesis
- merogenesis
- microgenesis
- morpholithogenesis
- mucogenesis
- mutagenesis
- myelinogenesis
- neogenesis
- oögenesis
- ovigenesis
- pangenesis
- perigenesis
- Planet Genesis
- progenesis
- radiogenesis
- regenesis
- soil genesis
- speleogenesis
- teleogenesis
- thrombogenesis
Words that rhyme with genesis
Questions about genesis
- What does genesis mean?
- Genesis means the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
- What is genesis in Tamil?
- Genesis in Tamil is தோற்றம் (tōṟṟam), பிறப்பு (piṟappu). See Genesis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is genesis?
- Genesis can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce genesis?
- Genesis is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/.
- What is the plural of genesis?
- The plural of genesis is geneses.
Words near genesis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: genesis (page history and authors); Genesis (page history and authors); genesis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); genesis (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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