gêne
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒɛn/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French gehenne (spelling influenced by géhenne), from Old French gehine (“punishment resulting from admission of guilt”), from gehir, geïr (“to admit, confess, acknowledge”), from Frankish *jehhjan (“to say, confess”), from Proto-Germanic *jehaną (“to affirm, say”), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”).
pinch of poverty
embarassment
feeling constraint
fear of troubling someone
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