jeune
French
Etymology
From Middle French jeune, ieune, from Old French juene et al, from Vulgar Latin *jovenem, from Latin iuvenis, juvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
jeune (plural jeunes)
- young
- 1669, Blaise Pascal, Les Pensées
- Il n’aime plus cette personne qu’il aimait il y a dix ans. Je crois bien : elle n’est plus la même ni lui non plus. Il était jeune et elle aussi ; elle est tout autre. Il l’aimerait peut-être encore telle qu’elle était alors.
- He no longer loves this person whom loved ten years ago. I quite believe it. She is no longer the same, nor is he. He was young and she also ; she is quite different. He would perhaps love her yet, if she were what she was then.
- 1669, Blaise Pascal, Les Pensées
Noun
jeune m or f by sense (plural jeunes)
- youth, a young person
- 1678, Jean de La Fontaine, La Mort et le Mourant
- Tu murmures, vieillard ; vois ces jeunes mourir, / Vois-les marcher, vois-les courir / A des morts, il est vrai, glorieuses et belles, / Mais sûres cependant, et quelquefois cruelles.
- Old murmuring man, behold these youths who die ; / Behold them march, or rather, see them fly / To certain death, a glorions death, 'tis true, / Yet oft, alas ! too horrible to view.
- 1678, Jean de La Fontaine, La Mort et le Mourant
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Further reading
- “jeune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Adjective
jeune m or f (plural jeunes)
- Alternative form of ieune
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