gêne

See also: gene, Gene, gène, gêné, ĝene, and -gène

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/

Noun

gêne f (plural gênes)

1. embarrassment
2. discomfort, inconvenience

Derived terms

• gêner
• sans gêne

Verb

gêne

1. first-person singular present indicative of gêner
2. third-person singular present indicative of gêner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gêner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of gêner
5. second-person singular imperative of gêner

Further reading

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