Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gen.

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: gen.
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of General (military rank).

noun

Abbreviation of general (business or agency description).

name

Abbreviation of Genesis.

noun

Abbreviation of gender.

noun

Abbreviation of generation.

noun

Abbreviation of genitive.

noun

Abbreviation of genus.

noun

Abbreviation of general.

Example Sentences

"As soon as Gen. Steedman had completed his movement, the commands of Gens. Smith and Wilson moved out along the Harding pike, and commenced the grand movement of the day by wheeling to the left and advancing against the enemy’s position across the Harding and Hillsboro pikes."

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

Gens. (plural) Gen (alternative) Genl (alternative) Gen'l (alternative)

Derived Forms

Lt.Gen.

Phrases

Lt.-Gen. maj. gen. gen. et sp. nov. gen. ed.

Questions

What does gen. mean?: Abbreviation of General (military rank).

How to pronounce gen.

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