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Definitions for Genet

[1] any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
[2] the fur of such an animal.
[3] jennet.
[4] Jean [zhahn ] /ʒɑ̃/ , 1910–86, French playwright and novelist.
[5] Ed·mond Charles E·douard [ed-mawn sha r l ey-dwa r ] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ ʃarl eɪˈdwar/ , Citizen Genêt , 1763–1834, French minister to the U.S. in 1793.
[6] pen name of Janet Flanner.
[7] a female donkey.
[8] a small Spanish horse.
[9] Janet Genêt , 1892–1978, U.S. journalist: long based in Paris.
[10] any agile catlike viverrine mammal of the genus Genetta, inhabiting wooded regions of Africa and S Europe, having an elongated head, thick spotted or blotched fur, and a very long tail
[11] the fur of such an animal
[12] an obsolete spelling of jennet
[13] Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1910–86, French dramatist and novelist; his novels include Notre-Dame des Fleurs (1944) and his plays Les Bonnes (1947) and Le Balcon (1956)
[14] Also called: jenny a female donkey or ass
[15] a small Spanish riding horse

Words nearby Genet

generous, generous to a fault, genesee, genesic, genesis, genet, genethliac, genethlialogy, genetic, genetic amplification, genetic association

Origin of Genet

jennet1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French genet < Catalan, variant of ginet horse of the Zenete kind < Spanish Arabic zinētī, dialectal variant of zanātī pertaining to the Zenete tribe (of Berbers), after Zanātah the Zenetes

Word origin for Genet

jennetC15: from Old French genet, from Catalan ginet, horse of the type used by the Zenete, from Arabic Zanātah the Zenete, a Moorish people renowned for their horsemanship