generic

See also: genèric

English

Alternative forms

• generick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈnɛɹɪk/

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• Hyphenation: gen‧er‧ic
• Rhymes: -ɛrɪk

Adjective

generic (comparative more generic, superlative most generic)

1. very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups (genera) as opposed to specific instances.
   • 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.

   "Shrimp" is the generic name for a number of species of sea creature.

2. lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise
3. (of a product or drug) not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents
4. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of genus
5. relating to gender
6. (grammar) specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene

   Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.

7. (computing, of procedures) written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter
8. (geometry, of a point) having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field

Synonyms

• (comprehensive): broad, general, classic; see also Thesaurus:generic
• (lacking in precision): fuzzy, indefinite; see also Thesaurus:vague
• (lacking a brand): unbranded

Antonyms

• (comprehensive): specific, particular, concrete; see also Thesaurus:specific
• (lacking a brand): non-generic, proprietary, branded
• (neither masculine nor feminine): gendered

Derived terms

• genericity
• genericness
• generic you

Translations

very comprehensive

• 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 m
• Georgian: ზოგადი (zogadi), საზოგადო (sazogado), განზოგადებული (ganzogadebuli), საერთო (saerto)
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• German: allgemein (de), generisch (de), typisch (de)
• Greek: γενικός (el) m (genikós)
• Ido: generala (io)
• Indonesian: generik (id)
• Norwegian: generisk
• 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
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• 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)
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• Norwegian: merkelo/s, generisk
• Portuguese: genérico (pt)
• Russian: нема́рочный (ru) (nemáročnyj), безма́рочный (bezmáročnyj)
• Spanish: genérico (es) (of a drug)

specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson

• Georgian: ზოგადი (zogadi)
• Greek: ουδέτερο (el) n (oudétero)
• Norwegian: kjo/nnsno/ytral
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• Russian: о́бщий (ru) (óbščij)

(computing) written so as to operate on any data type

• German: generisch (de)
• Indonesian: generik (id)
• Portuguese: genérico (pt)
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• Russian: обобщённый (ru) (obobščónnyj)
• Turkish: jenerik (tr), üreysel

Noun

generic (plural generics)

1. A product sold under a generic name.
2. A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
3. (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 […]

Translations

a product sold under a generic name

• Finnish: geneerinen tuote
• French: médicament générique (fr) m, produit générique m
• Galician: xenérico m
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• 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)
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Related terms

• gender
• genus

Anagrams

• energic

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French générique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒeˈne.rik/

Adjective

generic m or n (feminine singular generică, masculine plural generici, feminine and neuter plural generice)

1. generic

Declension

		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		genericelor	genericilor

Noun

generic n (plural generice)

1. (television, film) credits, titles

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	generic	genericul		generice	genericele
genitive-dative	generic	genericului		generice	genericelor
vocative	genericule			genericelor