gencive

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French [Term?] (compare 11th-century Judeo-French jencives, 12th-century Walloon genchives), from Latin gingīva (with dissimilation of the second -g-), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃.siv/ === Noun === gencive f (plural gencives) (anatomy, usually in the plural) gum ==== Related terms ==== gingivite === Further reading === “gencive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012