jeune premier

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French jeune premier; first used in the early 1800s.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

jeune premier (plural jeunes premiers or jeune premiers)

  1. (theater) actor who plays young hero/lover roles

References[edit]

  1. ^ jeune premier, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; jeune premier, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

jeune premier m (plural jeunes premiers)

  1. (theater) young actor playing young-lover roles
  2. (figuratively) leading man
    physique de jeune premierbody of a movie star, body of a Greek god, drop-dead looks

Descendants[edit]

  • English: jeune premier
  • Turkish: jönprömiye

See also[edit]