jeune

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See also: Jeune, jeuné, jeûne, and jeûné

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French jeune, from Old French juene, juefne, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem.

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Adjective[edit]

jeune (plural jeunes)

  1. 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.
  2. who has recently acquired a new status, who has newly become something (without being necessarily young in absolute terms)
    un jeune marié ― a newly wed
    un jeune conducteur ― a young driver

Descendants[edit]

  • Louisiana Creole: jènn

Noun[edit]

jeune m or f by sense (plural jeunes)

  1. 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.

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French juene.

Adjective[edit]

jeune m or f (plural jeunes)

  1. young

Noun[edit]

jeune m or f (plural jeunes)

  1. youngster; young person

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