Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 erzeugen
, 🇪🇸 generar
, 🇮🇹 generare
, 🇵🇹 gerar
, 🇨🇳 使产生
, 🇯🇵 生じさせる
, 🇰🇷 생기게 하다
, 🇸🇦 يمول
, 🇮🇳 उत्पन्न करना
Usage Examples
- Cette nouvelle règle engendra des frustrations chez les élèves.
- La mauvaise gestion de l'entreprise a engendré beaucoup de dettes.
- Le manque de communication engendra souvent des malentendus.
Etymology
Engendrer comes from Old French *engendre* (12th c.), itself derived from Latin *engender* (or *ingenerare*), a verb formed with the prefix *en-* “into, in” and the root *gener-* from *generare* “to produce, bring forth.” The original sense was “to beget, bring into existence,” which over time broadened to any kind of creation or production, both biological and figurative. Its form and core meaning have remained essentially unchanged from medieval French to the present.
Synonyms
produire
générer
susciter
provoquer
causer
entraîner
déclencher
Antonyms
éliminer
annuler
détruire
supprimer
neutraliser