Name

Name GENERAL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 2,238 births of General in the countries below, which represents an average of 16 births of children bearing the first name General per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom General
In Italiano

Nome General

Information about the first name General

The first name General has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name General is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 7 letters including 3 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name General

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of General : Erlange, Garleen, Garlene, Geralen, Gerlane, Lagrène, Raengel

General in Japanese ^*

Romaji	jeneraru
Katakana	ジェネラル
Hiragana	じぇねらる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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General in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name General

English

Etymology

From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”); thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of, generic.

Etymology

Capitalization of general.

Etymology (Noun)

General (plural Generals)
(military) The military officer title.

Etymology (Proper noun)

General
(informal, medicine) Short for General Hospital or X General Hospital (where X is a stand-in for another part of the name), a common hospital name.

Adverb

general (not comparable)
(obsolete) In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.

Alternative forms

generall (chiefly archaic)

Anagrams

enlarge, gleaner, reangle

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: jĕnʹ(ə)rəl, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəl/
Rhymes: (US) -ɛnəɹəl
Hyphenation: gene‧ral, (chiefly US) gen‧er‧al

Verb

general (third-person singular simple present generals, present participle generalling or generaling, simple past and past participle generalled or generaled)
To lead (soldiers) as a general.

Adjective (Antonyms)

(involving every part or member): particular, specific; see also Thesaurus:specific
(prevalent or widespread): abnormal, uncommon

Adjective (Related terms)

universal
common

Adjective (Synonyms)

(involving every part or member): broad, generic; see also Thesaurus:generic
(prevalent or widespread): typical; see also Thesaurus:common

Noun (Coordinate terms)

(insurance industry): health, life, pensions

Noun (Hyponyms)

(high-ranking military officer):
brigadier general
colonel general
general of the air force
general of the army
lieutenant general
major general
sergeant major general, sergeant-major general

Noun (See also)

hetman

Noun (Usage notes)

When used as a title, it is always capitalized.
Example: General John Doe.The rank corresponds to pay grade O-10. Abbreviations: GEN.

Middle English

Etymology

From a mixture of Anglo-Norman general, Middle French general, and Latin generālis.

Adjective

general
universal, complete
comprehensive, wide-ranging
general, widely useable or applicable
common, widely present

Alternative forms

generall, generale

Noun

general (plural generals)
genus, class, group

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /dʒɛnəˈraːl/, /ˈdʒɛnəral/

Adjective (Derived terms)

generally

Adjective (Descendants)

English: general
Scots: general
Yola: generale

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin generālis.

Adjective

general m (oblique and nominative feminine singular generale)
general (not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category)

Noun

general m (oblique plural generaus or generax or generals, nominative singular generaus or generax or generals, nominative plural general)
(military) general

Adjective (Descendants)

→ English: general
French: général

General

Etymology

Ellipsis of General Hospital.

Noun

general m (definite singular generalen, indefinite plural generaler, definite plural generalene)
(military) a general

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin generālis.

Adjective

general m or f (masculine and feminine plural generales)
general, overall

Noun

general f (plural generales)
(informal, in the plural) general elections

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /xeneˈɾal/ [xe.neˈɾal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ral

Noun (Descendants)

→ Cebuano: heneral
→ Tagalog: heneral

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin generālis. Doublet of geral.

Noun

general m (plural generais, feminine generala, feminine plural generalas)
(military) general

Pronunciation

Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ral

Noun (Descendants)

→ Tetum: jenerál

Swedish

Etymology

From German General, from Old French general, from Latin generālis.

Noun

general c
a general; a military title
an Air Chief Marshal

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /jɛn(ɛ)ˈrɑːl/

Noun (Descendants)

→ Finnish: kenraali

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French général, from Latin generālis.

Adjective

general m or n (feminine singular generală, masculine plural generali, feminine and neuter plural generale)
general

Noun

general m (plural generali)
general

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈral/

Danish

Noun

general c (singular definite generalen, plural indefinite generaler)
general

German

Etymology

Partly via Middle High German general, partly via French général, from Latin generalis.

Noun

General m (strong, genitive Generales or Generals, plural Generäle or Generale, feminine Generälin or Generalin)
(military) general (officer in any general rank)
(military) general (officer in a specific general rank, usually the highest)
(Roman Catholicism) general (head of an order)

Pronunciation