juste

See also: Juste and justé

Esperanto

Etymology

justa +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuste/

Adverb

juste

1. justly, fairly, righteously

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French

Etymology

From Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. The Old French form just may have been inherited, however, and perhaps later modified based on the Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒyst/

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Adjective

juste (plural justes)

1. fair, just

   La vie n’est pas juste.

   Life isn't fair.

2. reasonable
3. correct

Adverb

juste

1. exactly, precisely

   Il est juste là!

   It is right there!

2. upright, not crooked or bent
3. just, only

   Je veux juste un œuf.

   I just want one egg.

Derived terms

• à juste titre
• au juste
• justement
• mot juste

 

Related terms

• juste

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• jutes, jutés
• sujet
• téjus

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Friulian

Etymology

See the adjective just.

Adverb

juste

1. just
2. rightly, exactly, correctly

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) jūste

1. vocative masculine singular of jūstus

References

• “juste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• juste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from iūs (“law, right”).

Adjective

juste m or f

1. (Jersey) accurate, exact

Derived terms

• justément (“accurately, exactly”)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Adverb

juste

1. exactly, precisely, right

Alternative forms

• justa

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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Spanish

Verb

juste

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of justar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of justar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of justar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of justar.

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Venetian

Adjective

juste f

1. feminine plural of justo