genny
/ˈd͡ʒɛni/
genny noun: a person from the suburbs who moves to a low-income urban area.
Noun (1)
genny (plural gennies)
- A person from the suburbs who moves to a low-income urban area.
Noun (2)
genny (plural gennies)
Proper noun capitalized: Genny
Genny
- A female given name, a diminutive of Genevieve, or occasionally a variant of Ginny or Jenny.
- After two weeks, Alexandrine noticed Genevieve had not dined with the family once since she had returned, so she decided to talk to [her ...] “Genny, would you like tea? [...] Alexandrine put her cup down and put her hand on Genevieve's arm.2016, Selene Simone, What the Dragonfly Saw: Dragonfly DreamsÑVolume II of the Dragonfly Series, →ISBN, page 133
Noun (3) capitalized: Genny
Genny (plural Gennies)
- A Sega Genesis video game console.
Synonyms of genny
Forms of genny
| plural | gennies |
|---|---|
| plural | Gennies |
Origin of genny
Clipping of gentrifier + -y (diminutive suffix).
Clipping of generator + -y (diminutive suffix).
Clipping of Genesis + -y.
Words that rhyme with genny
Questions about genny
- What does genny mean?
- Genny means a person from the suburbs who moves to a low-income urban area.
- What part of speech is genny?
- Genny can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce genny?
- Genny is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛni/.
- What is the plural of genny?
- The plural of genny is gennies.
Words near genny in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: genny (page history and authors); Genny (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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