guigne

Meaning

Noun

heart cherry (Prunus avium subsp. juliana), wild cherry (Prunus avium)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of guigner:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of guigner:

Concepts

bad luck

misfortune

heart cherry

gean

mischance

sweet cherry

mazzard cherry

tough luck

hoodoo

mishap

cherry

ill luck

mazzard

Synonyms

malchance

poisse

merisier

cerise

merise

guignon

infortune

malheur

cerise '

Translations

azar

sfortuna

scalogna

mala suerte

desgracia

mala sort

desgràcia

Pech

infortúnio

iettatura

αγριοκέρασο

disdetta

iella

κακοτυχία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡiɲ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: guine

In summary

Inherited from Old French guine, guisne, of Germanic origin, from Old High German wihsila or Frankish *wihsila, both from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō (“sour cherry”).