different between ennet vs jennet

English

Alternative forms

• annet, annot

Etymology

From Middle English ende, enede, from Old English ened, æned (“drake, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *anad (“duck”), from Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?ts (“duck”).

Cognate with Dutch eend (“duck”), German Ente (“duck”), Norwegian and Swedish and (“duck, mallard”), Icelandic önd (“duck”), Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian antis (“duck, mallard”), Russian ????? (útka, “duck”), Sanskrit ??? (?tí, “aquatic bird”).

Noun

ennet (plural ennets)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Duck; drake.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) The common eider (Somateria mollissima).
3. (now chiefly dialectal) The kittiwake.

Derived terms

• stock annet

Related terms

• drake

Anagrams

• nee'n't, tenné

Chuukese

Adjective

ennet

1. true

Estonian

Noun

ennet

1. partitive singular of enne

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 ????????? (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati.

Noun

jennet (plural jennets)

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

Derived terms

• act the jennet

Translations

References

• “jennet” in the Collins English Dictionary