Dictionary Definition
Genet
Noun
1 French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the
United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
[syn:
Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen
Genet]
2 French writer of novels and dramas for the
theater of the absurd (1910-1986) [syn: Jean
Genet]
3 agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat
and long ringed tail [syn: Genetta
genetta]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the family Viverridae, that have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail
Extensive Definition
Genet can refer to:
- Citizen Genêt (or Edmond-Charles Genêt) a French ambassador to the United States.
- Jean Genet (1910-1986), a French writer.
- Russell Merle Genet, an American astronomer
- Genet (biology), a population of plants.
- Genet (animal) A small predatory Old World carnivore: a type of civet.
- Genet, Ethiopia, a town in southern Ethiopia
- Armstrong Siddeley Genet, aircraft engine
- Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major, aircraft engine
- Janet Flanner, pen name of "The New Yorker's" Paris correspondent
genet in French: Genet