gens

n. 氏族, 宗族, 部落

发音

US /d͡ʒɛnz/
其它
UK /d͡ʒɛnz/
其它
US /ɡɛns/
UK /ɡɛns/

词形变化

gentes 复数 genses 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line; clan.

  3. 3.

    A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.^([W])

    生物 动物学
  4. 1.

    plural of gen (clipping of generation).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

name

上位词 6

family folk sept kinfolk kinsfolk phratry

相关短语

gens up gen up

词源

Borrowed from Latin gēns (“gens; people, tribe”), from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”) + *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of kind, genesis, and jati. See also gender, generate, gentile, genus; also Latin gigno (“to bring forth”).

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