jus

See also: JUs, Jus, ĵus, jūs, jus', and Juś

English

Etymology

From the French jus (“juice”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: zho͞o(s), IPA^(key): /ʒuː(s)/
• (US) enPR: zhoo(s), IPA^(key): /ʒu(s)/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

jus (countable and uncountable, plural jus)

2. (cooking) The juices given off as meat is cooked.
3. (cooking) A lightly-reduced gravy or stock made from jus.

Synonyms

• au jus (proscribed noun)

Related terms

• au jus (prepositional phrase)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French jus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy/

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• Hyphenation: jus
• Rhymes: -y

Noun

jus m (uncountable, diminutive justje n)

1. gravy (plural with the -s- pronounced, diminutive justje)

Noun

jus m (plural jus, diminutive sjuutje n)

1. (Netherlands, informal, may sound posh or pretentious) Short for jus d'orange. (plural with the -s- pronounced)

Related terms

• jus d'orange

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French

Etymology

From the Middle French jus, from Old French jus, from Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy/

• Audio (Canada, Montreal)

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Noun

jus m (plural jus)

1. juice
2. (slang, Foreign Legion) coffee
3. (slang) electricity, energy, power, juice

Descendants

• → English: jus

Derived terms

• tenir au jus
• jus de chaussette
• jus de fruit, jus d'orange, jus de pomme, jus de raisin

Further reading

• “jus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jus

1. manure

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Gothic

Romanization

jūs

1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌿𐍃

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ĵus, French juste and English just.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒus/

Adverb

jus

1. just

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒʊs]
• Hyphenation: jus

Etymology 1

From English juice, from Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”).

Noun

jus (plural, first-person possessive jusku, second-person possessive jusmu, third-person possessive jusnya)

1. juice,
   1. a liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
   2. a beverage made of juice.

Etymology 2

Noun

jus (plural, first-person possessive jusku, second-person possessive jusmu, third-person possessive jusnya)

1. Nonstandard form of juz.

Further reading

• “jus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /juːs/

Noun

jūs n (genitive jūris); third declension

1. Alternative spelling of iūs (meaning right or law)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jūs	jūra
Genitive	jūris	jūrum
Dative	jūrī	jūribus
Accusative	jūs	jūra
Ablative	jūre	jūribus
Vocative	jūs	jūra

References

• jus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• jus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

jus

1. (second-person plural) accusative form of jūs.

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Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French jus (“juice”), from Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce, juice”).

Alternative forms

• juz
• just

Noun

jus m (plural jus)

1. juice

Descendants

• French: jus

Etymology 2

From Old French jus (“down”), from Latin deorsum (“downwards”).

Alternative forms

• juz

Adverb

jus

1. down, downwards

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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish jos.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjus/

Conjunction

jus

1. if, in the case that

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice

Alternative forms

• juice

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen, indefinite plural juser, definite plural jusene)

1. juice

Synonyms

• saft

Etymology 2

From Latin jus, ius (law)

Alternative forms

• juss

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen)

1. (study of) law, jurisprudence

References

• “jus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice

Alternative forms

• juice

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen, indefinite plural jusar, definite plural jusane)

1. juice

Synonyms

• saft

Etymology 2

From Latin jus, ius (law)

Alternative forms

• juss

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen)

1. (study of) law, jurisprudence

References

• “jus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Noun

jus m (plural juses)

1. prerogative

   Synonym: prerrogativa

Derived terms

• fazer jus a

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English juice.

Noun

jus

1. juice