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guigne.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡiɲ/
  1. heart cherry (Prunus avium subsp. juliana), wild cherry (Prunus avium)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ɡiɲ/
  1. bad luck, rotten luck

    colloquial · feminine
    avoir la guigne
    porter la guigne
Where this word comes from

From guignon.

verb/ɡiɲ/
  1. inflection of guigner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of guigner: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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