à jeun

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French, from Latin jejūnus, ieiūnus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /a ʒœ̃/
Suisse (canton du Valais) (file)
France (Montpouillan) (file)
France (Grenoble) (file)
France (Vosges) (file)
France (Lyon) (file)

Prepositional phrase edit

on an empty stomach
être à jeun ― to have had nothing to eat or drink

Usage notes edit

Used both adjectivally and adverbially.

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

“jeun”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French à jeun.

Adverb edit

on an empty stomach
Synonyms: pe stomacul gol, pe nemâncate

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