génère

Génère is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb générer, meaning to generate or produce. It can also appear as the informal imperative form in the tu command (génère), used without an explicit subject. The full present tense forms are: je génère, tu génères, il/elle génère, nous générons, vous générez, ils génèrent. The related noun is génération.

Étymologie: générer derives from Latin generare “to beget, produce,” from genus, gener- “birth, kind, race.” The word entered French through Old/Middle French developments and evolved into modern usage as a general verb for creating outputs.

Usage: The verb is common in technology, science, and data contexts, where it means to produce or create outputs from inputs. Examples include générer un rapport, générer une clé, générer des nombres aléatoires, or générer des images via des algorithmes. In everyday language, génère can describe any act of causing something to come into existence or to arise, with nuance depending on context, often replaced by produire or créer when a more specific sense is intended.

Variants and related terms: Génération (the noun for the act or process of generating), générateur (generator), and génératif (adj.) describe related concepts in mathematics, computer science, and artificial intelligence.

See also: génération; générateur; génératif.