jean

CEFRA2

/d͡ʒiːn/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A female given name from French.

Examples

  • Jean ate the osechi cooking his wife cooked for herself.

  • When Peter got up, Jean had already left home.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /d͡ʒeɪn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An unincorporated community in Nevada.

More examples

In context

  • What did Jean make?

  • She wore a tattered jean jacket.

  • Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

She bought a new blue blank jacket from the older thrift store.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.