guigner

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi.ɲe/

Etymology 1

From guigne + -ier.

Noun

guigner m (plural guigners)

  1. wild cherry tree

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French guignier, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną, also the source of English wink, from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (to bow, bend, arch, curve).

Verb

guigner

  1. (transitive) to eye (sneak a look at)
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