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génisse

French, noun/ʒe.nis/

génisse is spelled G-É-N-I-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Génisse is a French feminine noun meaning “heifer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeune vache ou bisonne nullipare”.

What does génisse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineheifer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Jeune vache ou bisonne nullipare.

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 génisse

  • génisses plural
  • bouvillon masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce génisse?

  • /ʒe.nis/
  • \ʒe.nis\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to génisse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is génisse in French?

génisse appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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