mot juste

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /məʊˈʒuːst/ (or as French, below)

[edit] Noun

mot juste (plural mot justes or mots justes)

  1. The perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
    • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V:
      She legged it, and for a moment silence reigned. Then Bobbie said, “Phew!” and I agreed that “Phew!” was the mot juste.

[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /moʒyst/

[edit] Noun

mot juste m. (plural mots justes)

  1. Exactly the right word or phrasing.

[edit] See also

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