genet

Meaning of genet

noun

a nocturnal, catlike mammal of the civet family with short legs, spotted fur, and a long bushy ringed tail, found in Africa, south-western Europe, and Arabia.

Middle English (used in the plural meaning ‘genet skins’): from Old French genete, probably via Catalan, Portuguese, or Spanish from Arabic jarnaiṭ .

noun
  1. a kind of small Spanish horse.
  2. a female donkey.

late Middle English: via French from Spanish jinete ‘light horseman’, from Spanish Arabic Zenāta, the name of a Berber people famous for horsemanship.

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Hyphenation of genet

genet

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • genet is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

genet synonyms

Meaning Genet:

Genet

Translation of genet

Anagrams of genet

tenge

Words that rhyme with genet

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