genian

From French génien, from Latin genianus, from Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + Latin -ānus (“-an”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪən/, /-ˈniːən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈnaɪən/, /-ˈni.ən/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧an

genian (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, archaic) Of or pertaining to the chin.

   the genian prominence

• mental

• “genian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• eaning, ingena

• IPA^(key): /ɡenian/ [ɡe.ni.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian, -an
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧an

genian

1. masculine allocutive of genuen (first-person plural, with third-person singular direct object, past indicative of izan (“to have”, transitive auxiliary))

genian

1. accusative singular of genia