jus

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French jus (“juice”). Doublet of juice.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: zho͞o(s), IPA^(key): /ʒuː(s)/

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• (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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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin deorsum through an intermediate Vulgar Latin root *iusum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʒus/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒus/

Adverb

jus

1. (obsolete) down, below

See also

• enjús
• “jus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “jus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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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 (plural jus, diminutive justje n)

1. gravy (plural with the -s- pronounced)

   Synonym: vleesnat

Noun

jus m (plural jus, diminutive sjuutje n)

1. (Netherlands, informal) 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy/

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Noun

jus m (plural jus)

1. juice
2. (slang, Foreign Legion) coffee
3. (slang) electricity, energy, power, juice
4. (slang, dated) speech, address, presentation

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• juter
• juteux

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: ji
• → Algerian Arabic: جي‎
• → Dutch: jus
• → English: jus
• → German: Jus, (obsolete) Schü
  • → Danish: sky
  • → Swedish: sky
• → Luxembourgish: Jus
• → Norwegian Bokmål: sjy
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: sjy
• → West Frisian: sjú

Further reading

• “jus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒʊs, -ʊs, -s
• 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 (first-person possessive jusku, second-person possessive jusmu, third-person possessive jusnya)

1. juice,
   1. a liquid from a plant, especially fruit.

      Synonym: sari buah

   2. a beverage made of juice.

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. Alternative spelling of juz

Further reading

• “jus” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯uːs/, [i̯uːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jus/, [jus]

Noun

jūs n (genitive jūris); third declension

1. Alternative spelling of iūs

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 English

Alternative forms

• juse, juce, juys, juyse, jewse, jeuse, jous, jows, jwisch, juwys

Etymology

From Old French jus, from Latin jūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒiu̯s/, /dʒui̯s/

Noun

jus (uncountable)

1. A natural liquid (usually inherent to something)
2. juice (liquid of a plant or beverage from such)
3. A herbal decoction or extract.
4. A bodily fluid or secretion.

Derived terms

• jussel
• vergeous

Descendants

• English: juice (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: joice, jice

References

• “jūs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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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
  • Haitian Creole: ji
  • → Algerian Arabic: جي‎
  • → Dutch: jus
  • → English: jus
  • → German: Jus, (obsolete) Schü
    • → Danish: sky
    • → Swedish: sky
  • → Luxembourgish: Jus
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: sjy
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: sjy
  • → West Frisian: sjú
• Norman: 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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Pite Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnic (compare Finnish jos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jus/

Conjunction

jus

1. if

References

• Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

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Portuguese

Noun

jus m (plural juses)

1. prerogative

   Synonym: prerrogativa

2. law

   Synonym: direito

Derived terms

• fazer jus a

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English juice.

Noun

jus

1. juice