jennet

English

Alternative forms

genet, ginnet, gennet

Etymology

From French genet, from French genest (“small Spanish horse”), from Old Spanish (cavallo) ginete (“small fast horse”, also “light horseman”) (Spanish jinete), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي‎ (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders.

Noun

jennet (plural jennets)

A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
A small Spanish horse.

Derived terms

act the jennet

Translations

jenny — see jenny

small Spanish horse

Irish: capaillín Spáinneach m

References

“jennet” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

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