-geno
Spanish, suffix/xeno/
-geno is spelled G-E-N-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 72,568th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -geno is a Spanish masculine suffix meaning “-genic, -genous (scientific adjectives)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grafía alternativa de -́geno”.
What does -geno mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-genic, -genous (scientific adjectives)
suffix
- 1
masculine-gen (scientific nouns)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El conjunto de los ascendientes y descendientes de una familia.
prefix: 1. Que produce, genera.
suffix: 1. Grafía alternativa de -́geno.
suffix: 1. Forma adjetivos y algunos sustantivos con el significado de "produce, genera o es producido por" lo indicado por la raíz..
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -geno
- genos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -geno?
- /xeno/
- [xe.no]
- [ˈxeno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -geno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -geno in Spanish?
-geno appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).