geniva

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan gengiva), from Latin gingīva (compare French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ʒəˈni.və/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ʒəˈni.bə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈni.va/

Noun

geniva f (plural genives)

gum (flesh around the teeth)

Related terms

gingivitis

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