juste

Etymology

justa +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuste/

Adverb

juste

1. justly, fairly, righteously

Etymology

From Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. The Old French form just may have been inherited, however, and perhaps later modified based on the Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒyst/

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Adjective

juste (plural justes)

1. fair, just

   La vie n'est pas juste.

   Life isn't fair.

2. reasonable
3. correct

Adverb

juste

1. exactly, precisely

   Il est juste là!

   It is right there!

2. upright, not crooked or bent
3. just, only

   Je veux juste un œuf.

   I just want one egg.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• jutes, jutés
• sujet
• téjus

Etymology

See the adjective just.

Adverb

juste

1. just
2. rightly, exactly, correctly

Adjective

jūste

1. vocative masculine singular of jūstus

References

• juste in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• juste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

From Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from iūs (“law, right”).

Adjective

juste m, f

1. (Jersey) accurate, exact

Verb

juste

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of justar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of justar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of justar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of justar.

Adjective

juste f

1. feminine plural of justo