jennet
/ˈdʒɛnɪt/noun
jennet is spelled J-E-N-N-E-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jennet means “A female ass or donkey; a jenny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jennet is jennets.
How many letters and syllables are in jennet?
| Letters | 6: J-E-N-N-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is jennet?
Jennet appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jennet?
- /ˈdʒɛnɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-jennet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of jennet
- jennets plural
- genet
- ginnet
- gennet
- jinnet
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jennet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
- 2
A small Spanish horse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jennet come from?
From Late Middle English genet, from Old French genet, from Old Catalan genet or Old Spanish ginete (“small fast horse; light horseman”), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanātī), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).