gencive

French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?] (compare 11th-century Judeo-French jencives, 12th-century Walloon genchives), from Latin gingīva (with dissimilation of the second -g-), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃.siv/

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Noun

gencive f (plural gencives)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) gum

Further reading

• “gencive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.