See also: jeù and je'u

Catalan Edit

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Verb Edit

jeu

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of jeure
  2. second-person singular imperative form of jeure

French Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Old French geu, gieu, giu, from Latin iocus, jocus.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒø/
  • (file)

Noun Edit

jeu m (plural jeux)

  1. game (activity performed for amusement)
  2. play (in a theatre/theater)
  3. set (of objects that belong together)
  4. manner of handling a gun
  5. play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement)
  6. a pipe organ stop
  7. a hand of playing cards

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Manx Edit

Pronoun Edit

jeu (emphatic form jeusyn)

  1. third-person plural of jeh
    of them

Romansch Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • jau (Rumantsch Grischun)
  • jou (Sutsilvan)
  • ia (Surmiran)
  • eau (Puter)
  • eu (Vallader)

Etymology Edit

From Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun Edit

jeu

  1. (Sursilvan) I