jeune premier

English edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French jeune premier; first used in the early 1800s.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʒəːn prəmˈjeɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ʒən prəˈmɪ(ə)r/

Noun edit

jeune premier (plural jeunes premiers or jeune premiers)

(theater) actor who plays young hero/lover roles

References edit

^ “jeune premier, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “jeune premier, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

French edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʒœn pʁə.mje/

Noun edit

jeune premier m (plural jeunes premiers)

(theater) young actor playing young-lover roles
(figuratively) leading man
physique de jeune premier ― body of a movie star, body of a Greek god, drop-dead looks

Descendants edit

→ English: jeune premier
→ Turkish: jönprömiye

See also edit

vieux beau

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