gênée
French, verb\ʒɛ.ne\
gênée is spelled G-Ê-N-É-E (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gênée is a French feminine verb meaning “feminine singular of gêné” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gênée mean in English?
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of gêné
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui éprouve de la gêne, de la honte.
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 gênée
- gênées plural
- gêné masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gênée?
- \ʒɛ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gênée in French?
gênée appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).