French word

générer

Pronunciation

IPA/ʒeneʁe/

Meaning

  • verbgenerate

Example

Ce programme génère beaucoup de données.

This program generates a lot of data.

Illustration for générer (generate)

More examples

La machine génère de l'énergie pour toute la ferme.

The machine generates energy for the entire farm.

Core concept

A source feeding an outcome, with the result emerging from the source's operation.

Common phrases

  • générer des idées

    generate ideas

  • générer des revenus

    generate revenue

  • générer de l'énergie

    generate energy

Similar words

faire: Produce a result or thing through an action or operation.
produire: Produce something from raw materials or through a process.
créer: Create something new, such as a work, from scratch.
causer: Cause another event or problem to happen.

Definition in French

Provoquer la production d'un effet, d'un élément ou d'un résultat, souvent d'ordre abstrait.

Word origin

French générer was formed from Latin generare, built on gen- for birth or production, and applies that idea to effects, data, and other results.

Usage tips

  • The present-tense stem changes accent in some forms: je génère and ils génèrent, but nous générons and vous générez.

Other meanings

  • causeverb

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