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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French gêne.
Pronunciation
Noun
gêne f (uncountable)
- embarrassment
Related terms
French
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gêne f (plural gênes)
- embarrassment
- discomfort, inconvenience
Derived terms
Verb
gêne
- inflection of gêner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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