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Meaning of Genesis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs

Definitions

  1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
  2. The first book in the Hebrew Bible.
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.

Equivalents

Afrikaans Genesis
Български битие прои́зход
Català Gènesi
Čeština Genesis
Cymraeg Genesis
Ελληνικά Γένεση
Esperanto Genezo
Español el Génesis Genesis
Euskara hasiera
فارسی بوش پیدایش
Français genèse
ગુજરાતી ઉત્પત્તિ
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Kinohi
עברית בראשית
हिन्दी उत्पत्ति
Bahasa Indonesia genesa genesis Kejadian
Italiano Genesi
日本語 創世期 創世記 創始 嚆矢 起源
ქართული დასაწყისი
한국어 창세기
Lietuvių Pradžios knyga
Македонски битие
മലയാളം ഉല്പത്തി
Bahasa Melayu kejadian
Nederlands genese Genesis oorsprong wording
Português génese Gênesis
Română geneza
Slovenčina Genesis
Српски postanak постанак
Kiswahili mwanzo
Tagalog Henesis Samula
Türkçe ülkü yaratılış
Українська буття
اردو پَیدائِش
Oʻzbekcha ibtido

Examples

“Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.”
“The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were unearthed in 1956–1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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