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).
Pronunciation
Noun
jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)
- (chiefly attributive) Denim.
- She wore a tattered jean jacket.
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒin/
- 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
Pronunciation
Etymology
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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.
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.
- do, make
Conjugation
Conjugation of jean
Spanish
Noun
jean m (plural jeans)
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