gin

noun DJEEN Rare

Origin: from Dutch 'jenever' (juniper), shortened in English to 'gin', then borrowed into French

Usage Note

Gin is masculine and pronounced roughly like English 'djin'. It is a loanword used without a French accent. The cocktail gin tonic (tonic water + gin) is widely popular in France and written without a hyphen. Le gin has seen a major artisanal revival in France, with French craft distilleries producing gin français since the 2010s.

Examples

"Il commande toujours un gin tonic."

Natural Translation

He always orders a gin and tonic.

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