gêne
French
Etymology
From Middle French gehenne (spelling influenced by géhenne), from Old French gehine (“punishment resulting from admission of guilt”), from gehir (“to admit, confess, acknowledge”), from Frankish *jehhjan (“to say, confess”), from Proto-Germanic *jehaną (“to affirm, say”), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɛn/
Verb
gêne
Further reading
- “gêne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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