# generic
## English
### Alternative forms

* generick (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic; thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of, general.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹɪk/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Indic) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒen(a)rik/
* Hyphenation: ge‧ner‧ic
* Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk

### Adjective

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
** 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.
    Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.
* lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise
* (of a product or drug) not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
* (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.
* Relating to gender.
* (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 procedures) 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 so such a bore"

#### Synonyms

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

#### Antonyms

* (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

* 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 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
### Noun

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.
    Synonym: blend
    Antonym: varietal
* (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.
    Antonym: specific
** 2024 July 29, “geographical names: translation”, in Writing Tips Plus‎, Ottawa: Translation Bureau, retrieved 2024-11-09: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
### Related terms

* gender
* genus

### References

* ↑ Ratelle, Claudine, Herrera, Carolina, Poirier, Isabelle (2012) Glossary of Generic Terms in Canada's Geographical Names‎, 2nd edition, Ottawa: Translation Bureau, →ISBN, pages xi–xii

### Anagrams

* energic

## Occitan
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

generic m (feminine singular generica, masculine plural generics, feminine plural genericas)
* generic

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 348.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French générique.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒeˈne.rik/

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### Noun

generic n (plural generice)
* (television, film) credits, titles

#### Declension
### Further reading

* generic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)