gêne

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛn/

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gêne f (plural gênes)

1. embarrassment
2. discomfort, inconvenience

• gêner
• sans gêne

gêne

1. inflection of gêner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “gêne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “gêne” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
• “gêne” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.