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geniture

/ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt͡ʃə/

geniture noun: birth; begetting.

Noun

geniture (plural genitures)

  1. Birth; begetting.
    • on Lady-Day, which was on the 25th of the same month in which I date my geniture,—my father set out upon his journey to London with my eldest brother Bobby, to fix him at Westminster school1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 10
    • As Fagan points out, this horoscope may well have been computed from the planetary tables mentioned before. It is also possible that the astrologer who computed this geniture used Theon's reduction rule.1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 229

geniture meaning in Tamil and Urdu

geniture in Tamil

பிறப்பு, மகப்பேறு

geniture in Urdu

پیدائش

Forms of geniture

pluralgenitures

Origin of geniture

From Old French géniture (the same word in modern French), or its source Latin genitura, from the base of gignere (“to beget”).

Words formed from geniture

Questions about geniture

What does geniture mean?
Geniture means birth; begetting.
What is geniture in Tamil?
Geniture in Tamil is பிறப்பு, மகப்பேறு. See Geniture meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is geniture?
Geniture is a noun.
How do you pronounce geniture?
Geniture is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt͡ʃə/ (UK).
What is the plural of geniture?
The plural of geniture is genitures.

Words near geniture in the dictionary

  1. genitourinary systems
  2. genitourological
  3. genitrices
  4. genitrix
  5. genitrixes
  6. geniture
  7. genitures
  8. genitus
  9. genius
  10. genius familiae
  11. genius hominis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geniture (page history and authors); geniture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); geniture (Urdu 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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