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🐴 A female donkey 🐎 A small horse
jennet

jennet

9.9
A female donkey
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛnɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : yegua
  • The farmer led the jennet and her foal to the stable for the night.

Examples

  • They bred their jennet with a prize jack to improve their stock.

  • The farmer owns a jennet that helps him carry supplies around the farm.

  • A jennet can often be distinguished from a jack by her gentler temperament.

  • The farmer owns a jennet for her farm.

  • My uncle has two jennets that he uses for work.

  • At the petting zoo, children love to feed the jennet and learn about her care.

  • The local fair featured a jennet that drew crowds with her playful antics.

Synonyms

jenny
vsjennet
1 9.5

A female donkey

is the same meaning but uses an older or less common formal spelling
jenny ass
vsjennet
8.2

A female donkey

is the same meaning but written as a single traditional term

Surface Forms

jennet singular
jennets plural

Etymology

Jennet comes from the Spanish word jinete, which meant 'rider' and was used for a small, fast horse; over time English speakers also used jennet for a female donkey, so today it can mean a female donkey.