jais

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *qraj (“egg”). Cognate with Thai ไข่ (kài), Northern Thai ᨡᩱ᩵ (khai), Lao ໄຂ່ (khai), Lü ᦺᦃᧈ (ẋay¹), Shan ၶႆႇ (khài), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Zhuang gyaeq. Compare Sui geis (“egg”) and Southern Kam geiv (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐi˧˥/

Noun

jais

1. egg

French

Etymology

From Latin gagāten (“jet”), from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs, “lignite; jet”, literally “stone of Gagas”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Homophones: geai, j’ai (some speakers), jet

Noun

jais m (plural jais)

1. (mineralogy) jet

Further reading

• “jais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jais m pl

1. third-person plural instrumental of jie

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jais.

Noun

jais n (uncountable)

1. jet (coal)

Declension

declension of jais (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jais	jaisul
genitive/dative	(unui) jais	jaisului
vocative	jaisule