-geno
Portuguese, suffix/ʒe.nu/
-geno is spelled G-E-N-O (4 letters). -geno is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “-genic, -genous (scientific adjectives)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partícula que exprime origem”.
What does -geno mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-genic, -genous (scientific adjectives)
suffix
- 1
masculine-gen (scientific nouns)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. partícula que exprime origem
prefix: 1. partícula que exprime origem
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -geno
- ge.no- canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -geno?
- Brazil /ʒe.nu/
- Portugal /ʒɨ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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.