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Meaning of "gens" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GENS

From Latin: race; compare genus, gender.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GENS

gens  [dʒɛnz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gens is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GENS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens, plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps. The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the period of the Roman Republic. Much of an individual's social standing depended on the gens to which he belonged. Certain gentes were considered patrician, others plebeian, while some had both patrician and plebeian branches. The importance of membership in a gens declined considerably in imperial times.

Definition of gens in the English dictionary

The definition of gens in the dictionary is any of a group of aristocratic families, having a common name and claiming descent from a common ancestor in the male line. Other definition of gens is a group based on descent in the male line.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENS


Benz
bɛnz
cleanse
klɛnz
ens
ɛnz
Fens
fɛnz
impatiens
ɪmˈpeɪʃɪˌɛnz
lens
lɛnz
persiennes
ˌpɜːsɪˈɛnz
sapiens
ˈsæpɪɛnz
TENS
tɛnz
Valens
ˈveɪlɛnz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENS

genotypical
genotypically
genotypicity
genouillere
Genova
Genovese
genre
genre painting
genre-busting
genro
Genseric
gent
gentamicin
genteel
genteelise
genteelish
genteelism
genteelly
genteelness
gentes

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENS

Amiens
at sixes and sevens
Athens
Clemens
contact lens
dickens
dozens
gardens
greens
heavens
Homo sapiens
Horsens
Huygens
Owens
Queens
Rubens
siemens
Steffens
Stevens
teens

Synonyms and antonyms of gens in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gens» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENS

Find out the translation of gens to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gens from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gens» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一族
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gens
570 millions of speakers

English

gens
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जेन्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جينز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

род
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gens
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gens
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gens
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gens
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gens
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

氏族
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

씨족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gens
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thị tộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Gens
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Gens
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gens
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gens
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gens
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gens
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gens

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENS»

The term «gens» is very widely used and occupies the 9.687 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of gens
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gens» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gens» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gens

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENS»

Discover the use of gens in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gens and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gens
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Anonymous, 2009
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The Roman Clan: The Gens from Ancient Ideology to Modern ...
This significant work makes an important contribution not only to the study of archaic Rome, but also to the history of ideas.
C. J. Smith, 2006
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Gens libres
Revised and expanded to include fresh research, a discussion of recent interpretive trends, and a review of new literature since the publication of the first edition in 1990, The Free People – Li Gens Libres is a comprehensive history of ...
Diane Payment, 2009
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Petite Encyclopédie Des Jeunes Gens, Or, Définition Abrégée ...
Comme il est de 1a dernière importance que les jeunes gens connoissent bien le pays qui les intéresse le plus particulièrement, l'article qui concerne l' Angleterreest beau; coup plus détaillé que celui. d'aucune autre partie de l' Europe. Enfin ...
Nicolas Wanostrocht, 1799
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A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several ...
Le droit des Gens, Fr. the rights of nations. Vfoler le droifdn Gens, Fr. to infringe or violate the rights of nations. Respecter U droit des Gens, Fr. to respect the rights of nations. Urt traiie dit licit da Gens, Fr. a treatise on the rights of nations.
William Duane, 1810
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Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and ...
Gens • Gina's Gens De Lai see Mdewakanton Gens de la Loutre see Nikikouek Gens de la Mer [Can] Algonquian (H) Gens de la montagne see Etagottine Gens de la montagne la Corne see Etechesottine Gens de Large see Natsitkutchin ...
Patricia Roberts Clark, 2009
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
VI. The. Gens. and. the. State. in. Rome. According to the legend about the foundation of Rome, the first settlement was undertaken by a number of Latin gentes (100, the legend says) united into one tribe. A Sabellian tribe, also said to consist ...
Friedrich Engels, 2004
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Race, Sex, and Social Order in Early New Orleans
Jennifer M. Spear. At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, there were over thirteen hundred gens de couleur libre in New Orleans, almost one-fifth of the city's seven thousand residents.11 Many were ex-slaves themselves but more were ...
Jennifer M. Spear, 2010
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The Construction of Communities in the Early Middle Ages: ...
Obviously, gens is the most common term, beside natio (which has a different etymology, but nearly the same meaning as gens) or even regnum, whereas populus (at least in its singular form) refers to the political impact of 'people' within a ...
Richard Corradini, Maximilian Diesenberger, Helmut Reimitz, 2003
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Indian Sociology Through Ghurye, a Dictionary
Gens (Roman) Ghurye tween spouses, age of the woman when the first child was born, number of births per woman (fecundity), interval between two consecutive births, child mortality, and age of death (male and female) in three generations, ...
S. Devadas Pillai, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gens is used in the context of the following news items.
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Racism in America: On US Military Bases, Schools, Roads and …
In Alexandria, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C., there are major streets named for Confederate Gens. Lee, Beauregard, Pickett, Bragg and ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
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Alonzo Cushing's Medal of Honor unveiled at Fredonia History Days
The audience included actors portraying President Abraham Lincoln, Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, as well as many men and ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
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Transocean Now A 10 Dollar Stock? Are We Talking Reality Or …
The 5th gens are the "weakest link", not really the 4th gens. The 5th gens are now replaced by the 6th gens and the 7 gens. Transocean did ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
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Quick Breaks: MTV goes 'Braless,' NASCAR Streams, Netflix Casts …
Florent Emilio Siri (“Cloclo”), Xavier Gens (“Hitman”) and​ Cédric Anger (“La prochaine fois je viserai le cœur) will direct. The show is expected ... «VideoInk, Jul 15»
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The Srebrenica Precedent
The killings in Srebrenica were largely orchestrated by Bosnian Serb military commanders, notably Gens. Radislav Krstić and Ratko Mladić, ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
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ND generals ask Congress to promote act that fights obesity
Retired Gens. Michael Haugen, Keith Bjerke, Jerald Engelman and Robert Schulte said during a news conference at the Fargo Air Museum ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
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Jacquielynn Floyd: Pulling down statues cannot erase history
Generations of Texas kids have attended schools named for Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and for Confederate President ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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Amazon makes it easier to test mobile apps in its cloud
“Developers are front and center for Amazon nowadays,” said Frank Gens, chief analyst at research firm IDC, noting that the company has ... «Network World, Jul 15»
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AARTA learns of YWCA after-school program
... Moment by Marilyn Preas focused on the surrender of Lee's Confederate Army at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, and short bios of Gens. «The-review, Jul 15»
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Mayor: move 4 monuments of 'fight for bondage and supremacy'
The statues are of Gens. Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard, and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Landrieu also suggested renaming ... «KSLA-TV, Jul 15»

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