genus

Other forms of genus

plural

genera

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about genus

What does genus mean?

genus means "a general kind of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in genus?

genus has 2 syllables: ge-nus. The stress falls on "ge". In IPA it is /ˈdʒinəs/.

Is genus a common word?

genus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.