CONGENER


Meaning of CONGENER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän-jə-nər, kən-ˈjē- ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, of the same kind, from com- + gener-, genus kind — more at kin

Date: circa 1736

1. : a member of the same taxonomic genus as another plant or animal

2. : a person, organism, or thing resembling another in nature or action

the New England private schools and their congener s west of the Alleghenies — Oliver La Farge

3. : a chemical substance related to another

• con·ge·ner·ic ˌkän-jə-ˈner-ik adjective

• con·ge·ner·ous kən-ˈjē-nə-rəs, -ˈje-nə-, (ˌ)kän- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.