genitor

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English genitour, from Old French genitor, geneteur, from Latin genitor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr; the Latin is also equivalent to genō +‎ -tor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtə(ɹ)/ === Noun === genitor (plural genitors) a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring. a generator; an originator (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals ==== Synonyms ==== biofather biomother bioparent birthfather birthmother birthparent ==== Coordinate terms ==== genetrix / genitrix (“female genitor”) ==== Related terms ==== progenitor progenitrix === Anagrams === Negrito, ergotin, negrito, toe ring, toering, trigone == Interlingua == === Etymology === From Latin genitor. === Noun === genitor (plural genitores) parent Synonym: parente == Italian == === Verb === genitor (apocopated) apocopic form of genitore == Ladin == === Noun === genitor m (plural genitores) parent == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”). Equivalent to genō +‎ -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.nɪ.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tor] === Noun === genitor m (genitive genitōris, feminine genetrīx or genitrīx); third declension parent, father, sire, begetter, procreator ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== pater ==== Derived terms ==== genetrīx / genitrīx ==== Descendants ==== === References === “genitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “genitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "genitor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “genitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin genitor. === Pronunciation === === Noun === genitor m (plural genitores, feminine genitora, feminine plural genitoras) genitor (biological parent) === Further reading === “genitor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “genitor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French géniteur. === Noun === genitor m (plural genitori) genitor (biological parent) ==== Declension ====