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générer

to generate, to produce

verb zheh-neh-REH Rare

Origin: Latin 'generare' (to beget)

Usage Note

Générer is widely used in technical, economic, and scientific contexts: générer des revenus, générer de l'électricité. It follows the -érer conjugation pattern, changing é to è before a silent ending in some tenses. The related noun is la génération (generation, production).

Examples

"Ce projet peut générer beaucoup d'emplois."

Natural Translation

This project can generate a lot of jobs.

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