gêne
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gene"
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gêne f (uncountable)
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Inherited from Middle French gehenne (spelling influenced by géhenne), from Old French gehine (“punishment resulting from admission of guilt”), from gehir, geïr (“to admit, confess, acknowledge”), from Frankish *jehhjan (“to say, confess”), from Proto-Germanic *jehaną (“to affirm, say”), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”).
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gêne f (plural gênes)
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gêne
- inflection of gêner: