gêneur
French, noun/ʒɛ.nœʁ/
gêneur is spelled G-Ê-N-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gêneur is a French masculine noun meaning “nuisance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est habituellement ou accidentellement gênant”.
What does gêneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenuisance
- 2
masculineobstacle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui est habituellement ou accidentellement gênant.
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 gêneur
- gêneurs plural
- gêneuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gêneur?
- /ʒɛ.nœʁ/
- /ʒe.nœʁ/
- \ʒɛ.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gêneur in French?
gêneur appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).