géhenne

See also: Géhenne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Aramaic ܓܗܢܐ (gēhannā) from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɛn/

Noun

géhenne f (plural géhennes)

1. gehenna

Further reading

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