general

Etymology
From, in turn from , , , and their source, , from + ; thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of,.

Pronunciation

 * , (chiefly US)
 * , (chiefly US)
 * , (chiefly US)
 * , (chiefly US)

Adjective

 * 1) Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
 * 2)  ; pre-eminent.
 * 3) Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
 * 4) Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
 * 5) Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
 * 6) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1)  ; pre-eminent.
 * 2) Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
 * 3) Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
 * 4) Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
 * 5) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
 * 2) Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
 * 3) Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
 * 4) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
 * 2) Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
 * 3) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
 * 2) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
 * 2) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
 * 1) Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: عَامّ
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Bashkir: дөйөм
 * Belarusian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: generel,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: üldine
 * Extremaduran: heneral
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ზოგადი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: vispārējs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: општ
 * Malay: ,
 * Maori: whānui, matawhānui, tauwhānui
 * Marathi: साधारण
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old English: ġemǣne
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: опћѐнит, све̏опћӣ, на́челан
 * Roman: općènit, svȅopćī,
 * Slovak: všeobecný
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük:
 * Zazaki: deg, degme


 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მნიშვნელოვანი, გენერალური
 * Greek:
 * Malay:
 * Portuguese:
 * Tagalog: heneral
 * Ukrainian: генера́льний


 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ზოგადი, გავრცელებული
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian:
 * Maori: tukipū, arowhānui
 * Marathi: साधारण
 * Norwegian: allminnelig,
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Arabic: عُمُومِيّ, عَامّ
 * Bashkir: дөйөм
 * Belarusian:, генера́льны, генэра́льны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: almen, generel
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: yleis-
 * French:
 * Georgian: ზოგადი, საერთო, გენერალური
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: vispārīgs
 * Macedonian: општ, генера́лен
 * Malay: ,
 * Maori: ahuwhānui
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: свеобу̀хватан, о̏пћӣ
 * Roman:, ȍpćī
 * Slovak: všeobecný
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, генера́льний


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Bashkir: дөйөм
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * French: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , , ,
 * Latin:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1)   The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
 * 2)  A great strategist or tactician.
 * 3)  A general fact or proposition; a generality.
 * 4)  The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
 * 5)  A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
 * 6)  A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.
 * 7)  A general anesthetic.
 * 8)  General anesthesia.
 * 9)  The general insurance industry.
 * 10)  A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
 * 1)  General anesthesia.
 * 2)  The general insurance industry.
 * 3)  A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
 * 1)  A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.

Usage notes
When used as a title, it is always capitalized, as in “ G eneral John Doe”.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: جِنِرال;
 * Egyptian Arabic: لواء
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:, sərtib
 * South Azerbaijani: سرتیب
 * Belarusian: генера́л, ваенача́льнік, палкаво́дзец, генэра́л
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: general
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: generalo
 * Estonian: kindral
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გენერალი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Aeolic: στρόταγος
 * Ancient: στρατηγός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Karachay-Balkar: инарал
 * Kazakh: генерал
 * Khmer:, ព្រះពលទេពសេនាបតី, ឧត្តមសេនីយ, , នាយឧត្តមនាវី, សេនាឯក, មេទ័ព
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: ģenerālis
 * Lithuanian: generolas
 * Macedonian: генера́л
 * Malay: jeneral
 * Maori: tianara
 * Marathi: सेनापती, जनरल
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: general
 * Old English: heretoga
 * Ottoman Turkish: پاشا
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ђенѐра̄л
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: heneral
 * Tajik: генерал
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: དམག་སྤྱི
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: general
 * Ukrainian: полково́дець, генера́л, воєнача́льник
 * Urum: yeral
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: (将軍)
 * Yakut: ньадыраал
 * Yiddish: גענעראַל, גענעראַלשע
 * Zazaki: general


 * Estonian:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1) To lead (soldiers) as a general.

Adverb

 * 1)  In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) general

Etymology
.

Etymology
From a mixture of, , and.

Adjective

 * , complete
 * , wide-ranging
 * , widely useable or applicable
 * 1) common, widely present

Noun

 * 1) genus, class, group

Noun

 * 1)  a

Noun

 * 1)  a

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1)  not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1)  chief, leader
 * 1)  chief, leader

Etymology
, from.

Etymology
, from.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  general

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * , overall

Noun

 * 1)  general elections

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) a ; a military title
 * 2) an Air Chief Marshal