Generic

English

Adjective

Generic (comparative more Generic, superlative most Generic)

1. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific

   • "...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." — Walter Bagehot (1826-1877)

2. (biology) Of, or relating to a genus (not comparable)
3. Not having a brand name
4. Of a drug identified by its chemical name
5. (grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson
6. (computing) (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

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

Synonyms for Generic

• (comprehensive): general
• typical, ideal, characteristic, representative.

Antonyms for Generic

• (comprehensive): specific, proprietary
• non-generic, particular, individual, special, peculiar.

Thesaurus

abstract, bland, broad, collective, common, featureless, general, generalized, indefinite, indeterminate, nebulous, neutral, nonspecific, uncharacterized, undifferentiated, universal, unspecified, vague, wide

Etymology

Formed in English from Latin genusgener-genus, kind.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɪˈnɛɹɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɪk

Translations

Adjective

very comprehensive

Arabic: إِجْمالِيّ (ar), جامِع (ar), شامِل (ar), شُمُولِيّ (ar), عامّ (ar), عُمُومِيّ (ar), عَمِيم (ar), كُلِّيّ (ar), مُحِيطٌ (ar), مُطْلَق (ar) Finnish: yleinen (fi), yleis- (fi), geneerinen (fi) French: générique (fr)

German: allgemein (de), generisch (de), typisch (de) Ido: generala (io) Norwegian: generisk (no) Spanish: genérico (es) Turkish: genelleyici (tr), kapsamlı (tr)

of, or relating to a genus

Finnish: suku- German: artmäßig (de), gattungsmäßig (de), arttypisch (de) Norwegian: generisk (no)

Scottish Gaelic: gneitheach (gd) Turkish: cinsle ilgili (tr), familyaya āit (tr), soyuna özgü (tr), eşdeğer (tr)

not having a brand name

French: générique (fr)

Norwegian: merkelo/s (no), generisk (no)

of a drug identified by its chemical name

French: générique (fr) Norwegian: generisk (no)

Spanish: genérico (es)

specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson

Norwegian: kjo/nnsno/ytral (no)

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

German: generisch (de)

Turkısh: generic (tr), üreysel (tr)

Noun

A product sold under a generic name

Finnish: geneerinen tuote

A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties

Related terms

• gender
• genus