dame-jeanne

French

Etymology

From dame + alteration of jane, after Jeanne; literally “Lady Jane”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dam.ʒan/

Noun

dame-jeanne f (plural dames-jeannes)

demijohn (bottle)

Descendants

Catalan: damajoana
English: demijohn
Spanish: damajuana

Further reading

“dame-jeanne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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