This is the 196th most frequent Catalan word.
gener
"Gener" in Catalan means "January" in English.
In this sentence, 'gener' is used as a noun to represent the name of the month January.
El mes de gener és molt fred.
The month of January is very cold.
Here, 'gener' is used a noun indicating the month January as a time reference, preceded by the preposition 'al'.
Ell va néixer al gener.
He was born in January.
In this sentence, 'gener' is used metaphorically to signify generosity, deriving from the same root as 'genereix' (to generate or give).