Generic

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹɪk

Definitions

A product sold under a generic name.
A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
A term that specifies neither male nor female.
The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.

Equivalents

Españolgenérico

Françaisgénérique médicament générique produit générique

Deutschallgemein artmäßig arttypischgattungsmäßig Generikum generisch Pissnelke typisch

17 more languages

العربيةإجمالي جامع شاملشمولي عام عمومي عميم كلي محيط مطلق

Bosanskis

Catalàgenèric

Ελληνικάγενικός γενόσημο γενόσημοςουδέτερο

Suomigeneerinen yleinen yleis-

Hrvatskis

Bahasa Indonesiagenerik

日本語ジェネリックノーブラノーブランド

ქართულიზოგადი საერთო საზოგადო

Kurdîjenerîk ş

Nederlandsgeneriek

Norsks

Polskiogólny pospolity rodzajowyuogólniony

Portuguêsgenérico

Русскийбезма́рочный видовой всеобщийджене́рик нема́рочное вино́нема́рочный нема́рочный/безма́рочный това́р непатенто́ванное лека́рственное сре́дство обобщенный общий родовой

Српскиs

Türkçeeşdeğer genelleyici jenerikkapsamlı

Examples

“[…]a male-centered perspective[…]has resulted in false generics in everyday life[…]”

“Where the generic of an English-language place ⟳ name ⟳ has been translated into French, it is essential to restore ⟳ it to its original English form ⟳ when translating the French document into English.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

generic class generic element generic epithet generic function generic interval generic name

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