geignement
French, noun/ʒɛɲ.mɑ̃/
geignement is spelled G-E-I-G-N-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geignement is a French masculine noun meaning “moaning, whining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cri étouffé”.
What does geignement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoaning, whining
- 2
masculinewhimper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cri étouffé. 2. Plainte.
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 geignement
- geignements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geignement?
- /ʒɛɲ.mɑ̃/
- \ʒɛ.ɲə.mɑ̃\
- \ʒɛɲ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geignement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geignement in French?
geignement appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).