English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

génération — meaning in English

French → English · translate English → French instead

English meaning

  • age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  • generation noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.

Senses

génération is used for these senses in English:

  • age (countable, uncommon, possibly, dated) A generation.
  • generation The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]
  • generation (now, US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]

age — full definition

  1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
  3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
  4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.

generation — full definition

  1. noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.
  2. noun One step in a family's line of descent, roughly the time it takes children to grow up and have their own.
  3. noun The act or process of producing or bringing something into being.
  4. noun A particular stage in the development of a technology or product line.

Related French words