Justine
See also: Justīne
English
editEtymology
editFrom French Justine, from Latin Iustina, name of early saints, feminine of Iustinus, derivative of Iustus, from iustus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.
Proper noun
editJustine
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1953 Austryn Wainhouse, Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised, Grove Press 1990, →ISBN, page 743 ( translation of 1788 Marquis de Sade, Justine )
- O you who have wept tears upon hearing of Virtue's miseries; you who have been moved to sympathy for the woe-ridden Justine; the while forgiving the perhaps too heavy brushstrokes we have found ourselves compelled to employ, may you at least extract from this story the same moral which determined Madame de Lorsange!
- 1977, Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 377:
- "What are you going to call your noisy daughter?" he asked as the door closed and they were alone.
"Justine."
"It's a very good name, but why did you choose it?"
"I read it somewhere, and I liked it."
- 1953 Austryn Wainhouse, Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised, Grove Press 1990, →ISBN, page 743 ( translation of 1788 Marquis de Sade, Justine )
- A male given name from French and Latin, of chiefly Philippine usage, variant of Justin.
Translations
editfemale given name
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Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Justine, from French Justine, from Latin Iustina.
Proper noun
editJustine
- a female given name from French
- a male given name from French [in turn from Latin], of chiefly Philippine usage, variant of Justin
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Iustina, name of early saints, feminine of Iustinus, derivative of Iustus, from iustus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJustine f
- a female given name
Anagrams
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /i̯uːsˈtiː.ne/, [i̯uːs̠ˈt̪iːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /jusˈti.ne/, [jusˈt̪iːne]
Proper noun
editJūstīne m
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