jean
See also: Jean
English
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). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva.
Pronunciation
- enPR: jēn, IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːn/
- (obsolete) enPR: jān, IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɪn/[1]
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
- Homophones: gene, Gene
Noun
jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)
- (chiefly attributive) Denim.
- She wore a tattered jean jacket.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:
- Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.
Derived terms
- bejeaned
- jeaned
- jeans
- satin jean
References
- Meredith, L. P. (1872), “Jean”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech, Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 26.
Anagrams
- Jaen, Jane, Jaén, Jena, jane
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English jean.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒin/
Audio (file) Audio (Switzerland) (file) - Homophones: djinn, gin
Noun
jean m (plural jeans)
- a pair of jeans
Further reading
- “jean”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.
The past form ren is from Old Irish do·rigni, deuterotonic form of the perfect tense of do·gní.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪn/, /d͡ʒen/
Verb
jean (past ren, future independent nee, verbal noun jannoo, past participle jeant)
- (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.
- do, make
Conjugation
Conjugation of jean
| first | analytical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| future | independent | neeym, nee'm | neemayd | nee |
| dependent | jeanym | jeanmayd | jean | |
| conditional | independent | yinnin | yinnagh | |
| dependent | jinnin | jinnagh | ||
| past | ren | |||
| verbal noun | jannoo | |||
| past participle | jeant | |||
Spanish
Noun
jean m (plural jeans)
- jeans
Further reading
- “jean”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014