jean
See also: Jean
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: jēn, IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːn/
- (obsolete) enPR: jān, IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɪn/[1]
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
- Homophones: gene, Gene
Noun edit
jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)
- (chiefly attributive) Denim.
- She wore a tattered jean jacket.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:
- Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Jean”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 26.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jean m (plural jeans)
- a pair of jeans
Further reading edit
- “jean”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.
The past form ren is from Old Irish do·rigni, deuterotonic form of the perfect tense of do·gní.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
jean (past ren, future independent nee, verbal noun jannoo, past participle jeant)
- (auxiliary) A syntactic marker that carries the tense of the verb, replacing its synthetic form; the true verb follows as a verbal noun.
- do, make
Conjugation edit
Spanish edit
Noun edit
jean m (plural jeans)
Further reading edit
- “jean”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014