géhenne

See also: Géhenne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Aramaic ܓܗܢܐ (gēhannā) from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɛn/

Noun

géhenne f (plural géhennes)

gehenna

Further reading

“géhenne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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