gêne

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) embarrassment
2. (feminine) discomfort, inconvenience

Verb

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

Concepts

embarrassment

constraint

trouble

inconvenience

diffidence

discomfort

distress

enforcement

hesitance

hindrance

impediment

pinch of poverty

self-consciousness

uncomfortable

embarassment

feeling constraint

fear of troubling someone

pain

abashed

shame

bother

bothered

coercion

Synonyms

embarras

entrave

souci

contrainte

tracas

désagrément

inconvénient

empêchement

encombrement

ennui

obstacle

indisposé

timidité

casse-pied

confusion

coaction

dérangement

hésitation

honte

incommodité

malaise

mal à l’aise

pénurie

servitude

sujétion

dèche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒɛn/

Etymology

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”).