gesse
French, noun/ʒɛs/
gesse is spelled G-E-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesse is a French feminine noun meaning “vetchling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel donné à plusieurs plantes du genre Lathyrus de la famille des Fabaceae (Fabacées, plantes herbacées…”.
What does gesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevetchling
- 2
femininesweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel donné à plusieurs plantes du genre Lathyrus de la famille des Fabaceae (Fabacées, plantes herbacées grimpantes, aux tiges ailées ou non, à feuilles comportant deux stipules, deux folioles à nervures parallèles, plus grands que les stipules, et une vrille, aux fleurs papilionacées, et formant des gousses. 2. Graine de la gesse domestique ou gesse commune.
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 gesse
- gesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gesse?
- /ʒɛs/
- \ʒɛs\
- [ʒɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gesse in French?
gesse appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).