generic
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See also: genèric
English
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle French générique , from Latin genus ("genus, kind") + -ic .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]generic (comparative more generic, superlative most generic)
- Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
- Antonyms: specific , instantial
- Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.
- 1864, Walter Bagehot, "Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Browning; or, Pure, Ornate, and Grotesque Art in English Poetry", in The National Review, volume 19:
- [...] the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual.
- Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- (pharmacology ) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
- 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, "Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind", in The New York Times [2] , →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 August 2022:
- The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
- (taxonomy ) Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
- Holonym: familial
- Meronyms: infrasubspecific , infraspecific , subspecific , specific
- There are scores of generic names within the order Decapoda, which includes many sea creatures that are called shrimp.
- (grammar , nonstandard ) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
- Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.
- This included criticism of the generic use of man to include men and women.
- (computing ) Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- (geometry ) Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
- Relating to genre.
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 47:
- Both [films] test formal and generic boundaries.
- Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.
- That movie was so generic; it was such a bore!
Synonyms
[edit ]- (comprehensive): broad , general , classic ; see also Thesaurus:generic
- (lacking in precision): fuzzy , indefinite ; see also Thesaurus:vague
- (lacking a brand): unbranded
Antonyms
[edit ]- (antonym(s) of "comprehensive"): specific , particular , concrete ; see also Thesaurus:specific
- (antonym(s) of "lacking a brand"): non-generic , proprietary , branded
- (antonym(s) of "neither masculine nor feminine"): gendered
Derived terms
[edit ]- bigeneric
- biogeneric
- cogeneric
- extrageneric
- Generica
- generically
- generic class
- generic element
- generic epithet
- generic function
- genericide
- generic interval
- genericise
- genericism
- genericity
- genericization
- genericize
- generic name
- genericness
- generic platformer
- generic programming
- generic property
- generic term
- generic they
- generic top-level domain
- generic type
- generic you
- generify
- heterogeneric
- infrageneric
- intergeneric
- intrageneric
- monogeneric
- multigeneric
- nongeneric
- nongenerically
- nongenericness
- polygeneric
- pseudogeneric
- quadrigeneric
- semigeneric
- subgeneric
- supergeneric
- suprageneric
- trigeneric
- unigeneric
Translations
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- Arabic: إِجْمالِيّ (ʔijmāliyy), جامِع (jāmiʕ), شامِل (šāmil), شُمُولِيّ (ar) (šumūliyy), عامّ (ʕāmm), عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy), عَمِيم (ʕamīm), كُلِّيّ (kulliyy), مُحِيط (ar) (muḥīṭ), مُطْلَق (ar) (muṭlaq)
- Bulgarian: обширен (bg) (obširen), неспецифичен (nespecifičen)
- Catalan: genèric
- Dutch: generiek (nl)
- Finnish: yleinen (fi) , yleis- , geneerinen (fi)
- French: générique (fr)
- Galician: xenérico (gl) m
- Georgian: ზოგადი (zogadi), საზოგადო (sazogado), განზოგადებული (ganzogadebuli), საერთო (saerto)
- German: allgemein (de) , generisch (de) , typisch (de)
- Greek: γενικός (el) m (genikós)
- Ido: generala (io)
- Indonesian: generik (id)
- Norwegian: generisk
- Polish: ogólny (pl) , pospolity (pl) , uogólniony
- Portuguese: genérico (pt)
- Russian: о́бщий (ru) (óbščij), обобщённый (ru) (obobščónnyj) (generalized), всео́бщий (ru) (vseóbščij) (general, universal)
- Spanish: genérico (es)
- Turkish: genelleyici (tr) , kapsamlı (tr)
of, or relating to a genus
- Bulgarian: родов (bg) (rodov)
- Finnish: suku-
- Georgian: გვაროვნული (gvarovnuli), სახეობრივი (saxeobrivi)
- German: artmäßig , gattungsmäßig , arttypisch
- Norwegian: generisk
- Polish: rodzajowy (pl)
- Portuguese: genérico (pt)
- Russian: родово́й (ru) (rodovój), видово́й (ru) (vidovój)
- Scottish Gaelic: gneitheach
- Turkish: cinsle ilgili , eşdeğer , familyaya āit , soya mahsus , soya özgü
not having a brand name
- Catalan: genèric
- Dutch: generiek (nl)
- French: générique (fr)
- Georgian: შაბლონური (šablonuri)
- German: Generikum (de) n
- Greek: γενόσημο (el) n (genósimo) (of a drug)
- Indonesian: generik (id)
- Norwegian: merkelo/s , generisk
- Polish: niemarkowy , bezmarkowy
- Portuguese: genérico (pt)
- Russian: нема́рочный (ru) (nemáročnyj), безма́рочный (bezmáročnyj)
- Spanish: genérico (es) (of a drug)
specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson
(computing) written so as to operate on any data type
Noun
[edit ]generic (plural generics )
- 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.
- (grammar ) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
- 1998, Jacqueline A. Dienemann, Nursing administration: managing patient care:
- [...]a male-centered perspective[...]has resulted in false generics in everyday life[...]
- (toponymy ) The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.[1]
- Antonym: specific
- 2024 July 29, "geographical names: translation", in Writing Tips Plus[3] , Ottawa: Translation Bureau, retrieved 9 November 2024:
- 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.
Translations
[edit ]a product sold under a generic name
- Finnish: geneerinen tuote
- French: médicament générique (fr) m, produit générique m
- Galician: xenérico (gl) m
- Georgian: ჯენერიკი (ǯeneriḳi), არაგამორჩეული პროდუქტი (aragamorčeuli ṗrodukṭi)
- Greek: γενόσημος (el) m (genósimos)
- Portuguese: genérico (pt) m
- Russian: джене́рик (ru) m (dženɛ́rik), джене́рик (ru) m (dženérik) (medicine), непатенто́ванное лека́рственное сре́дство n (nepatentóvannoje lekárstvennoje srédstvo), нема́рочный/безма́рочный това́р m (nemáročnyj/bezmáročnyj továr)
a wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties
- Russian: нема́рочное вино́ n (nemáročnoje vinó)
Related terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Ratelle, Claudine; Herrera, Carolina; Poirier, Isabelle (2012), Glossary of Generic Terms in Canada's Geographical Names[1] , 2nd edition, Ottawa: Translation Bureau, →ISBN, pages xi–xii
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit ]generic m (feminine singular generica , masculine plural generics , feminine plural genericas )
Further reading
[edit ]- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[4] , L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 348
Romanian
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from French générique .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]generic m or n (feminine singular generică , masculine plural generici , feminine/neuter plural generice )
Declension
[edit ]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | generic | generică | generici | generice | ||
| definite | genericul | generica | genericii | genericele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | generic | generice | generici | generice | ||
| definite | genericului | genericei | genericilor | genericelor | |||
Noun
[edit ]generic n (plural generice )
- (television , film ) credits, titles
Declension
[edit ]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | generic | genericul | generice | genericele |
| genitive-dative | generic | genericului | generice | genericelor |
| vocative | genericule | genericelor | ||
Further reading
[edit ]- "generic", in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
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