jean

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jēn, IPA^(key): /dʒiːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Homophones: gene, Gene

Noun

jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)

1. (chiefly attributive) Denim.

   She wore a tattered jean jacket.

Anagrams

• Jane, Jaén, Jena, jane

Etymology

Borrowed from English jean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒin/
• Homophones: djinn, gin

Noun

jean m (plural jeans)

1. a pair of jeans

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.

Verb

jean (verbal noun jannoo, past participle jeant)

1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker that carries the tense of the verb, replacing its synthetic form; the true verb follows as a verbal noun.

   Ren (replaces hie) eh goll thie. ― He went home.

   Yinnagh (replaces ragh) eh goll thie. ― He would go home.

   Nee (replaces hed) eh goll thie. ― He will go home.

   Jean (replaces gow) goll thie. ― Go home.

2. do, make

Noun

jean m (plural jeans)

1. jeans