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語源

From Late 中期英語 genet, from Old French genet, from Old Catalan genet or Old Spanish ginete (“small fast horse; light horseman”), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanātī), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati.

発音

• IPA: /ˈdʒɛnɪt/
• 韻: -ɛnɪt
• Homophone: genet

名詞

jennet (plural jennets)

1. A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
2. A small Spanish horse.
   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 230:

     Richmondʼs black jennet [...] is a gleaming and well-muscled creature of Spanish breed.

派生語

• act the jennet

Further reading

• “jennet”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “jennet”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.