congener

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/, /kənˈd͡ʒiːnə(ɹ)/

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Noun

congener (plural congeners)

1. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.

   Hyponym: conspecific

2. A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
   • 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:

     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.

3. (chemistry) 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.

Synonyms

• cogener

Related terms

• congeneric
• congenerous

Translations

a plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another

• Finnish: samansukuinen
• Italian: congenere (it) m
• Spanish: congénere (es)

a person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another

• Bulgarian: сродник (bg) m (srodnik)
• Manx: co-cheint m
• Spanish: congénere (es)

chemistry: any of a group of structurally-related compounds

• Finnish: kongeneeri
• Ukrainian: конженер (konžener)

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

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References

• “congener”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡɛ.nɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.ner]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Old Latin com

Latin cum

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus

Latin congener

From cum + genus.

Adjective

congener (genitive congeneris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. of the same race

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	congener			congenerēs	congenera
genitive	congeneris			congenerum
dative	congenerī			congeneribus
accusative	congenerem	congener		congenerīs congenerēs	congenera
ablative	congenere			congeneribus
vocative	congener			congenerēs	congenera

Descendants

• → French: congénère (learned)
  • → English: congener
• Italian: congenere
• Portuguese: congénere
• Spanish: congénere

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Old Latin com

Latin cum

Latin gener

Latin congener

From cum + gener.

Noun

congener m (genitive congenerī); second declension

1. a joint son-in-law

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	congener	congenerī
genitive	congenerī	congenerōrum
dative	congenerō	congenerīs
accusative	congenerum	congenerōs
ablative	congenerō	congenerīs
vocative	congener	congenerī

References

• “congener, -eris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “congener, -eri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “congener”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French congénère, from Latin congener.

Adjective

congener m or n (feminine singular congeneră, masculine plural congeneri, feminine/neuter plural congenere)

1. congeneric

Declension

Declension of congener

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	congener		congeneră	congeneri	congenere
	definite	congenerul		congenera	congenerii	congenerele
genitive- dative	indefinite	congener		congenere	congeneri	congenere
	definite	congenerului		congenerei	congenerilor	congenerelor