gégène
French, noun/ʒe.ʒɛn/
gégène is spelled G-É-G-È-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gégène is a French feminine noun meaning “"genny", generator; dynamo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dynamo électrique manuelle dont l’utilisation première est d’alimenter les téléphones de campagne”.
What does gégène mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslang"genny", generator; dynamo
- 2
feminineelectroshock torture, gégène
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dynamo électrique manuelle dont l’utilisation première est d’alimenter les téléphones de campagne. 2. Instrument de torture, dérivé de cette dynamo ou d’un autre dispositif, utilisant des électrodes afin de faire circuler un courant électrique entre diverses parties du corps.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gégène
- gégènes plural
- Gégène
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gégène?
- /ʒe.ʒɛn/
- \ʒe.ʒɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gégène in French?
gégène appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).