gean
UK/ɡiːn/
gean noun: a wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
Noun
gean (plural geans)
- A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
- Thus in the early year the blue pearl clusters of the grape hyacinth bloomed, and in autumn the geans rejoiced us with the red Chinese lantern gleam of their fruit.1947 [1939], Ernst Jünger, translated by Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs, New Directions, translation of Auf den Marmorklippen (in German), →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12
- ‘Given the circumstances, Effie,’ he whispered, ‘I could blossom again like a gean-tree.’1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 45
Proper noun capitalized: Gean
Gean (plural Geans)
- A surname.
Forms of gean
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | geans |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Geans |
Origin of gean
From Middle French guine (modern French guigne).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Géibhinn, related to Mac Géibheannaigh, from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Gien, shortened from Heinrich.
Words that rhyme with gean
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about gean
- What does gean mean?
- Gean means a wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
- What part of speech is gean?
- Gean can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gean?
- Gean is pronounced /ɡiːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gean?
- The plural of gean is geans.
Words near gean in the dictionary
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